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When it all just gelled
Adrian Park writes about a crew who rose to the challenge of a confounding fuel system problem
‘Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking. As...
Accomplish the mission
Many years ago, I did a lot of my flying in and around North Queensland and Cairns was a regular destination for me. I...
Fright and Flight
Air transport is a unique consumer product: up to one-third of its consumers are afraid of it.
Cabin crew readily accept that some members of...
Precisely to the point; the promise of satellite-based augmentation
An update to global navigation satellite systems will deliver considerable safety benefits—but you need to understand it to prevent dangerous misconceptions.
For the future of...
International accidents and incidents 1 May – 31 May 2018
Date 5 May
Aircraft Embraer KC-390
Location Gavião Peixoto-Embraer Unidade Airport, SP, Brazil
Fatalities Nil
Description The aircraft run off the runway during a ground test and suffered extensive...
Bad day at Blackbushe
An idiom (not to be confused with ‘idiot’) can be a surprising source of street (and flight) wisdom.
Idioms are ‘distinctive expressions whose meanings are...
Beware of the dogma
‘One should be able to control and manipulate experiences with an informed and intelligent mind.’ Sylvia Plath
I make no secret of the fact that...
International accidents and incidents 1 April – 30 April 2018
Date 2 April
Aircraft Cessna 150 and Cessna 525C Citation CJ4
Location Marion Municipal Airport, Indiana, (MZZ) USA
Fatalities 2
Description A Cessna 150 that was taking off was destroyed when it collided...
Lack of lubrication caused Canadian gear landing emergency
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has found that inadequate training of maintenance personnel contributed to a nose gear landing incident in July 2016.
The...
A blackout in the dark
by David Francis
Introduction
My wife and I spent seven years building our pre-retirement project, an RV7. It started out as a simple VFR project, then...
