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Birdstrike rate on the rise
There are about five birdstrikes every day involving Australian aircraft, a report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found. This equates to about...
The finger of fate
One mistyped digit almost led to what could have been the worst crash in the history of Australian aviation. Adrian Park analyses an incident...
The year of flying dangerously: 1972
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Mountain flying: unconsidered factors
by Thomas P. Turner
Even on the flattest continent in the world, mountains exert an influence that pilots must understand.
I’ve been fortunate to fly as...
Fire over the plains
September sees the 50th anniversary of a crash which reveals much about how aviation safety has progressed since the 1960s.
Winton is a town of...
