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The lessons of history: how resilience distilled from experience saved QF32
Pilot development
An unlikely connection between Apollo 13 and a Qantas A380 crippled by a catastrophic engine failure underscores the value of learning from the...
No place for a hero
‘To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.’
– Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest,
by Oscar...
Selected Australian Accidents/Incidents 24 September – December 2021
Date 2 October
Aircraft Magni Gyro M24C Orion Plus Location Stockton Beach, NSW
Fatalities 0
Description Gyrocopter crashed under unknown circumstances. Two occupants had minor injuries.
Date 11...
Keeping on truckin’
The air cargo industry escaped the decimation that COVID-19 wrought on passenger aviation. But keeping the goods moving in a time of pandemic has...
Positioning for a near miss
Don’t get slack about your radio calls, as this pilot did
I was flying a white low-wing aircraft up the east coast. It was early...
Chilling warning for Summer flyers
Icing is a year-round hazard, as a recent Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report makes unsettlingly clear.
On 19 December 2019, a turbine powered Cessna...
Heat of battle – the new stresses on aerial firefighting
Operators of firefighting aircraft have to adapt to the emerging hazards of larger and more widespread fires
In 2019–20 Australia burned in fires that stretched...
When you know it should be no
If icing is forecast but your charter aircraft doesn’t have anti-icing equipment, what should you do if the chief pilot insists you ‘go up...
Both feet on the ground
CASA’s new CEO and Director of Aviation Safety (DAS) Pip Spence has a long history of observing and cooperating with the aviation sector. She...
Outback tips – wisdom from the bush
What could possibly go wrong when a hobby pilot flies into the Outback after lockdown? Yes, many things! So here’s some great advice from...
