December 12, 2015 Clothes Maketh the Aerobatic Pilot I like to follow CASA’s recommendations on what to wear at https://www.casa.gov.au/standard-page/what-wear “In the improbable event of an emergency, the clothes you are wearing can… Continue reading
December 9, 2015 Transitioning to a Decathlon The 8KCAB series are fairly simple airplanes, mostly 1940 technology with a few bells and whistles. Pilots seem to cope with the fancy bells… Continue reading
December 6, 2015 Myths of Manoeuvring Speed “It turns out that our early training on maneuvering speed was badly over-simplified. The truth is that you can’t move all the controls to… Continue reading
December 6, 2015 Short Field Tailwheel Operations My tailwheel training course in the Super Decathlon does not conform to CASA’s Part 61 Manual of Standards for the reasons explained below. Short Take-off… Continue reading
December 6, 2015 CAAP 155-1, Aerobatics CASA’s CAAP 155-1, Aerobatics used to be a good place to start reading about aerobatics and does include some of the information that you must know but… Continue reading
December 6, 2015 What is Aerobatics? A good place to start is with the definition of aerobatics : The International Civil Aviation Organization defines aerobatics as “maneuvers intentionally performed by an… Continue reading