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Close for comfort
By Des Webster
I was flying a Piper Archer from Richmond to Young in December 2018. Around midday I was approaching Young airport from the...
A picture in your head
By a Flight Safety Australia reader
One pilot’s apparent distraction with cockpit technology led to a loss of situational awareness in the circuit area, narrowly...
Remembering Senja Robey
Senja Robey, an Australian aviation icon, professional pilot and extraordinary instructor, died recently, aged 93.
She had been inducted into the Australian Aviation Hall of...
Nothing on the clock
By Warren Scanlon
This pilot had to make quick decisions after the airspeed indicator failed
Shortly after obtaining my private pilots’ licence, I hired a Warrior...
Cleaning hot spots
If you’re lucky enough to still be flying, safety should be your top priority during the pandemic.
Aircraft cleanliness is now more important than ever...
One fell swoop: the Canberra Hudson disaster
With the help of a historian who researched the subject over four decades, and a former politician turned award-winning writer, Flight Safety Australia re-examines...
Too tired to back off
By Adrian Park
A captain overwhelmed by lack of sleep loses control of his aircraft
On a late August afternoon in 1993, an approach to Runway...
The biggest myth in general aviation
By Nick Stobie
Maintenance releases are a seemingly simple document, but does an endorsed defect automatically ground an aircraft?
The underlying principle behind the maintenance release...
Unclear and present danger
In this incident, ATC miscommunication and broader organisational factors almost led to the loss of 353 lives.
By Margo Marchbank
On 16 December 2016, EVA...
Don’t push it, don’t go
VFR pilots should make early decisions to avoid the danger of unintentionally flying into cloud.
A total of 101 occurrences of VFR pilots inadvertently flying...
