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Oh, the humanity: why smart people do dumb things

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The discipline of human factors has much to offer, and much work to do, in sport and recreational aviation. Veteran US pilot, Jay Hopkins, in...
image: © Canberra Airport

Human after all

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An overview of safety which takes a fundamentally different approach to people’s roles and talents has found some high-level corporate support. Qantas has a deserved...

Birdstrike rate on the rise

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There are about five birdstrikes every day involving Australian aircraft, a report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found. This equates to about...
image: © Airbus A340 cockpit | Airbus SAS

The finger of fate

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One mistyped digit almost led to what could have been the worst crash in the history of Australian aviation. Adrian Park analyses an incident...
image: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Phinalanji

The year of flying dangerously: 1972

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It was the year of the final moon landing and the first flight of an Airbus. Transistor radios and stereograms were playing John Lennon’s...

Lithium: threat and promise

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When CASA dangerous goods inspector Ben Firkins mentioned the name ValuJet to a room full of lithium battery experts he was slightly unsettled by...

Electrifying developments

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From The Jetsons to Blade Runner, flying cars are icons of a future that never was, but don’t give up on door-to-door aerial commuting...

After the gold rush

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As the minerals boom wanes, mining charter and offshore operators face a new set of safety and operational challenges. A leaner mixture Just a few short...

Air Horse One—flying to the Melbourne Cup

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With just one Australian-bred horse racing in today’s Melbourne Cup, international travel has become a prerequisite to the race that stops a nation. We look...

Up, up and away: Uber predicts personal aviation boom

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Ride-sharing firm, Uber, has predicted a boom in personal aircraft, but not as they exist today. Instead, it sees optionally piloted electric aeroplane/helicopter hybrids...