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
October 26, 2016 My Spin Crusade It has been about 50 years since I did my first spin in an aeroplane, about 35 years since I started teaching spins to… Continue reading
August 31, 2016 Loops, Voices and the Fear of Death This short story by Richard Bach written back when I started flying aerobatics has stuck with me for many years – it is available… Continue reading
April 26, 2016 Stay in Control: Incipient Spins Note: this article was updated on 19/6/19 mainly to reflect the changes with the FAA’s Airplane Flying Handbook revision of 2016. I avoid discussing… Continue reading
April 21, 2016 Stay in Control: Fully Developed Spins From the 1944 book, Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche: “Almost all fatal flying accidents are caused by… Continue reading
December 12, 2015 Camera & EFB Mounts I was aware of an STC for GoPro cameras to be mounted externally on specific aircraft types however I knew that it wasn’t cheap… Continue reading