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A wet taxiway labeled with the words Wingspan Max 12M at Canberra Airport in August 2020. Taxiway and unserviceability cones appear on the grass next to the taxiway.

Managing safety at aerodromes

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New regulations mean some aerodromes will need to develop their first safety management system (SMS) and many aerodromes will need to review their existing...
Aerial view of a Piper and Cessna lined up on the taxiway at Cairns Airport.

Watch out for debris at airports

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Today’s theme for Airport safety week is foreign object debris (FOD)—the potential for damage to aircraft and what aerodromes can do to prevent it. FOD...

Safety in numbers

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By Kreisha Ballantyne Joining an air safari will improve your skills—and the journey will be fun In October 2008, when I was a then-GFPT student...
Inspector examining nosewheel of jet aircraft

Safety thirst

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By Alwyn Brice Is there a failsafe way to instil the subject of safety into your workforce? Over the last two decades of editing industry...

When pigs fly: manners, airmanship and safety

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‘You can take a pig and teach it to fly, but it will still be a pig.’ This golden comment, uttered to me by a...

Thumbs up for safety

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The ‘thumbs up’ gesture has a universal meaning—that all is good to go. But is that always true? Sometimes there is ambiguity, believe it or...

Safety in Numbers

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Kreisha Ballantyne interviews formation team The Stooges to discover how specialist training can enhance flight safety Formation flying, along with aerobatics, is one of the...

Moorabbin forum takes on safety questions

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They say talk is cheap, in which case it’s preferable to accidents, because in aviation those are always expensive. Pilots, operators and managers at...

Why safety systems are vital

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by Kreisha Ballantyne I have a friend, a pilot with much more experience than I, who once shared some valuable advice after sitting in the...
Our Aviation safety advisor team, left to right: Iain White, Brad Johnson, terry Horsam, Tim Penney, Prue Zamora, Michael White, Craig Peterson and Peter Ball.

Meet the experts: Aviation safety advisors

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Avalon 2019 starts tomorrow #avgeeks and we’re bringing you a range of experts to help answer all your aviation-related questions. Our aviation safety advisors (ASAs)...