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Who knows about your flight?
Pilots check weather, fuel and NOTAMs before every flight; for greater safety, sharing your flight details ensures someone else knows your plan, but some flights require a flight notification.
Selected Australian accidents/incidents: October to December 2025
3 October
Aircraft: Robinson R22 Beta
Location: Bankstown Airport, NSW
Fatalities: 1
Description: Training flight encountered gusty conditions on downwind circuit leg and crashed...
Selected international accidents/incidents: October to December 2025
3 October
Aircraft: Antonov AN-2P
Location: Near Tanzybei, Russia
Fatalities: 2
Description: Utility biplane crashed into forested area on ferry flight.
3 October
Aircraft: Mil...
Keeping off runways: preventing runway incursions
Busy ground operations increase the risk of runway incursions at Class C and D airports. Why does this happen and how can you prevent entering a runway without clearance? Read practical tips that will help you stay clear of the runways.
Shadow of the wedgetail
The aviation landscape is changing and the era of large drones is on the horizon
The hidden pressures in every flight
What are the quiet, invisible pressures that nudge pilots toward risk?
Putting the pieces together: modular engineer licensing
A new approach to gaining engineering qualifications aims to boost supply in this important trade.
From island childhood to the instructor’s seat
As one of Australia’s youngest Grade 1 flight instructors, Eloise Dorans Knowles is already helping guide the next generation of pilots.
Believe it can happen
About 8 years ago on a perfect winter's morning, I was conducting a flight from a Class D aerodrome. It was an IFR flight...
Go west: planning the Nullarbor crossing
The Nullarbor crossing is an adventure and a spectacle like nowhere else in the world. And you can do it safely by applying the simple rules of flight planning.
