May 2024 – Pilkington's World of Aerobatics

May 20, 2024

CASA and LOC-I

From a recent CASA magazine article https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/…/aviate…/“Kreisha Ballantyne takes a look at the effectiveness of aviation safety awareness campaigns in Australia and overseas.Some days…

May 20, 2024

Rich Stowell and UPRT in Australia

https://www.australianflying.com.au/latest/conference-set-to-address-uprt-instruction gives a good introduction to this topical subject.Incidentally, I see many photos and videos of aircraft doing aerobatics in formation with other aircraft…

May 20, 2024

Stall Training

For a very long time, until about 2020, CASA mandated incipient spin training as part of the basic training for RPL or PPL. They…

David J Pilkington FRAeS

started flying in 1966 and commenced aerobatics a few years later. He was twice Australian Advanced Aerobatic Champion. He specialises in aerobatic instruction and is a Flight Examiner for spin and aerobatic instructors.

Over the years he has owned a variety of aerobatic aircraft – Airtourer, Decathlon, Laser, Pitts S-2A and most recently a Super Decathlon and Pitts S-2C.

David has been a flight instructor since 1995 and prior to that was approved to teach advanced aerobatics and test for low level aerobatic approvals.

In 2011, David was awarded the Paul Tissandier Diploma by the FAI for his services to sport aerobatics over many years. David has a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering from RMIT and a Master of Science from Cranfield University in the UK. His early career was in aircraft aerodynamic design, flight & wind tunnel testing, flight performance, handling qualities and flight loads including work with the NASA Spin Research Center.

He was Vice President, Engineering and Test Pilot at Aviat Aircraft, Inc (USA) in the mid-nineties then Chief Engineer – Air Vehicles at ASTA Components (Boeing Australia) prior to joining GKN Aerospace Engineering Services in 2001.