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This short story by Richard Bach written back when I started flying aerobatics has stuck with me for many years – it is available…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The 8KCAB series are fairly simple airplanes, mostly 1940 technology with a few bells and whistles. Pilots seem to cope with the fancy bells…

“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…

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…

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…

A good place to start is with the definition of aerobatics : The International Civil Aviation Organization defines aerobatics as “maneuvers intentionally performed by an…