This website is being reconstructed so I apologise for the mess. It will eventually contain much general information about aerobatics in Australia. I will attempt to provide reliable, correct information with references to my data source.
Everything from stalling, spinning, aerobatics to low level competition aerobatics. The key underpinning knowledge as well as the training required.
One of my favourite magazine articles published by CASA is The Unreachables are they unteachable? “the newbie mistake of gullibly believing everything I read was true. …. these largely fossilised creatures …… exist in a cesspit of misinformation, half-baked truths and misshapen facts, fertilised by the manure of their daily postings. … I would come to meet many …… and while it cannot be argued that a great proportion of them were indeed white men over the age of sixty, a surprising number were not: there were females, old and young; pilots of extremely modern aircraft and flying instructors younger than a decent bottle of Scotch. …. the best procedure for safety promotion is a combination of leading by example—stay current; fly regularly; be present at education awareness seminars; keep an open mind; read blogs, publications and opinion pieces; ask questions of specialist experts and those with more experience than yourself; and remain cheerful and in good humour—never resort to personal insult and mind your manners.”
At this website I will address much of this “cesspit of misinformation, half-baked truths and misshapen facts” that is relevant to aerobatics. Do you know of any more?
Note that aerobatic training is not Upset Prevention and Recovery Training. LOC-I accidents continues to be the single biggest cause of fatal General Aviation Accidents and UPRT is the principal way to address it. More information at UPRTA!
The general blog posts from this website have been removed to Substack so you can subscribe there to view them. New Substack posts and others from the Ozaeros Aerobatics Facebook page are displayed below.
ALAC 2026 Aerobatics is done. 3 competitors in Graduate: Mark Kemp in a Cessna 152 Aerobat Sam Garden in his Pitts Model 12 Gail Iles in my Super Decathlon Only one competitor in Sportsman: Aaron Hammond in my Super Decathlon The results were announced on 11th April at the Presentation Dinner. The organisers used a "normalising algorithm" to award overall placings: 1st: Sam Garden 2nd: Gail Iles 3rd: Aaron Hammond It was very disappointing that more people did not enter! Where were the other Ozaeros pilots? The Lilydale pilots. All the aerobatic pilots at Tyabb. The Latrobe Valley pilots. Only a couple of us AACVC members. https://www.latrobevalleyaeroclub.com.au/australian-light-aircraft-championships-2026/
What else would I do on a holiday? Many years ago I had a Fortran program (and then a Qb program on my old home PC) to calculate the performance of an aeroplane performing an aerobatic sequence, or a specific manoeuvre. I could do with one now, just to calculate looping performance like this one. Does anyone have one that I can use please?
Some here may be interested. I've got quite a bit of time in this airplane. It has a Superior Vantage engine instead of a Lycoming - the website says nought about an STC to fit it to an 8KCAB.