January 24, 2024 Spin References We will soon have an Australian edition of Rich Stowell’s excellent book Stall/Spin Awareness – every pilot, especially flight instructors should read the relevant… Continue reading
December 15, 2023 Flight Instructors Protect Thyself This coroner’s report on the accident to Martinus Van Hattem is essential reading for aerobatic flight instructors. There are four main lessons for us in this:… Continue reading
December 11, 2023 See something unsafe? Here’s how you can tell us! From the CASA Briefing on 11th Decenber 2023: “Everything we do is driven by safety and we understand most people in the aviation industry… Continue reading
August 28, 2022 Flight Instructor Gr1 Extended Privileges Read the proposal by CASA online here. It seems like a good idea as it is simply a streamlining of the process that I… Continue reading
August 15, 2022 Spin Training Issues From the Facebook page of the Australian Transport Safety Board: “The ATSB is advising aerobatic pilots and instructors of the limitations of the Meuller/Beggs… Continue reading
May 8, 2022 Ozaeros Team at Easter 2022 Contest A great contest held at Tocumwal, NSW, Easter 2022. Results? Bruno Roque won Advanced in our Pitts S-2C. Jason Tang did very well in… Continue reading
October 14, 2021 PART 91 TAKE-OFF AND LANDING PERFORMANCE REVISITED Back in October 2019 I wrote about some perceived issues with the performance rules in the new Part 91. See my AOPA Australia article… Continue reading
September 11, 2021 PLANE ENGLISH ON PART 91 PERFORMANCE UPDATED UPDATE 12th October 2021: AC 91-02v1.0, Guidelines for aeroplanes with MTOW not exceeding 5 700 kg – suitable places to take off and land,… Continue reading
September 11, 2021 Learn to Turn On September 8th at 3:30 pm EDT (that is 5:30 am Australian EST) — Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) broadcast a live discussion with Rich… Continue reading
October 25, 2019 MORE PLANE ENGLISH ON PART 91 Being an engineer I like to take an interest in numbers so let’s discuss one of the “matters to be checked before take-off”: take-off… Continue reading