When one door closes, another opens
Flying a plane can be intense at the best of times – you’re hyper aware of your surroundings, intently monitoring your systems and listening...
Drone Flyer Diary – Corey Roberts
Architect’s career takes off with drones
For many commercial drone operators, flying drones was once a hobby that merged into something more.
For Corey Roberts, flying...
Safety is always our destination
Airport safety week, which begins today, is tailored specifically to engage with people working on an aerodrome.
It is a collaboration between the Australian Airports...
Sponsorship grants are now available
CASA’s general sponsorship program is now open.
It’s an opportunity to support aviation organisations or individuals that want to advance and promote aviation safety.
Sponsorship usually...
RAAus promotion month puts safety front and centre
October is Recreational Aviation Australia’s (RAAus) National Safety Month, a serendipitous bit of timing, given that lockdowns are easing in eastern Australia. The theme...
Drone Flyer Diary – Adam Grant
Drone operation offers ‘next level’ skillset
In this edition of Drone Flyer Diary, we talk to Canberra cinematographer Adam Grant about how drones are fast...
Total recall
If not for an experienced engineer’s long and detailed memory, a serious in-flight incident might have remained a mystery
By Robert Wilson
It’s something not meant...
Phoney maintenance
by Roger Alder
‘Never, in the history of aviation maintenance, have so many been distracted by so little.’
With apologies to Sir Winston Churchill, who was...
Yes? Actually, no
When the weather turned quickly, this pilot was scud running
I restarted private flying for fun in the mid-2010s, after having flown for a while...
Without ever leaving the ground
A pilot having a bad day decides it is better to cut his losses after nearly cutting himself
I have always read with interest the...
Ducking and diving
After an engine is destroyed during a night take-off, a corporate jet struggles to stay airborne
By Andrew McDougall
We started the take-off roll at approximately...
Bowled out by a bouncer
A series of dubious decisions led to a frightening crash landing
From a safe distance I surveyed the depressing scene – the Cessna 182 crippled...
It’s a health hazard
This pilot pushed on as the visibility gradually reduced – until he was flying blind
By Andrew Clarke
My close call occurred in late 2006. At...
Good as new?
Friday flashback: a Close call from Flight Safety Australia, January-February 2008
By Max Fenton
It was a clear and cold July winter morning as I ruefully...