So the SR-71 tooling wasn’t cut up after all.
DaleInstead, it was loaned to NASA with the rest of the spares inventory. Some of the other interesting facts from the video: $600 Million of spares disposed between September -…
The Shepherd
It's a Canadian Christmas Eve Tradition. Every year since Christmas Eve 1979, The Shepherd has been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. An RAF pilot, flying a De Havilland Vampire,…
Blind faith in technology
Technology is a great thing. You’re flying along with not a care in the world. Then your Electronic Flight Bag fails, leaving you without a clue as to where you…
They are already suffering a greater punishment than any of us could administer with judgement.
It’s the distractions which harm or kill us. Consider the following: Cessna 305 streams engine oil onto the fuselage. Pilot was distracted while filling up the engine oil, and had…
… you do not have the outcome of death to motivate your reactions.
From Issue 77, Nov-Dec 2010, Flight Safety Australia magazine; in an article discussing the use of Flight Simulators … Other instructors say the pause button on a simulator can be…
Australian Civil Aviation Alcohol and Other Drugs–12 months on.
A year ago, the Australia Civil Aviation Safety Authority introduced new regulations dealing with Alcohol and Other Drugs in Aviation. In Issue 76 of the Flight Safety Australia magazine (Sept-Oct…