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Confused landing led to sting in the tail
A chain of misunderstandings and miscalculations brought a student and instructor terrifyingly close to a hangar during a go-around after a tail strike.
The comfort of control
The benefit of flying in controlled airspace is you are no longer alone in the sky but have a team working to keep you...
Notice a fault with your radalt?
CASA wants to hear from you
CASA is monitoring the introduction of 5G across Australia following international concern about the interaction between 5G and...
Eric Moody, master of airmanship and understatement
Captain Eric Moody, the pilot-in-command of British Airways flight 9, which encountered the previously unknown hazard of volcanic ash over Indonesia on 24 June...
Caught in the clouds
How thorough flight planning can avoid the trap of VFR into IMC
The recent accidents of a Van’s Aircraft flying into cloud and breaking up...
Flying high: a century of excellence at the Royal Victorian Aero Club
Few aero clubs can claim such a storied history as the Royal Victorian Aero Club (RVAC), dating back to 1914 — just a few...
The bonfire of the inadequacies
The malfunction of a flight instrument was only one link in a chain of shortcomings that turned a cargo aircraft into a winter inferno.
Boeing...
Planning for remote possibilities
The tiniest change of heading took this pilot out of his comfort zone.
As a low-hours VFR-only recreational pilot who is super safety conscious, I...
Smoke is no joke
With climate change and now an El Niño upon us, bushfires are set to increase in frequency and severity. The atmospheric effects of these fires are a distinct aviation hazard in their own right.
Seven deadly shortcuts cognitive biases and aviation
The habits and tricks your brain uses to get you through everyday life become a problem when they run riot in the cockpit. To battle your biases you first need to know what they are.
