October 13, 2025 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
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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
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
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 Safety Update – (Incipient) Spin Recovery Training The Melbourne Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division held their first Flight Training Forum on 24 October 2019 with the theme of… Continue reading