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Episode 2

Between trying to record and produce for an Australian based aviation TV program, podcasting (which is taking for more time than any of our participants ever expected – due in part to the extroadinary popularity of it after only one episode) and a hectic international schedule, the posts to this blog have dropped off a [...]

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I was THAT GUY …

by Ken on August 13, 2010

in Humor & Comedy, V Australia

Running Late

Recently, I was THAT GUY …
Have you ever slept in for work? In aviation that takes on a special meaning, given the way the tasks of dozens of people and departments revolve around the scheduled departure time of a flight.
In my previous company we were collected for work by crew transport – a blue Volvo [...]

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Pinstripe Solutions Interview Checklist

by Marty August 10, 2010
Kirsty

We’ve had Kirsty Ferguson’s Interview Checklist video on this website for a few months now, and the response from those that have downloaded it has been extremely positive.
We’ve forged a good working relationship with Kirsty over the last couple of years for no other reason than we have absolute confidence in the services she [...]

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FAA PPL MySQL Database

by Marty August 10, 2010
FAA

The FAA freely releases all their questions and answers making them a useful took for flying schools engaged in that level of training. The data, however, is often difficult to implement into other online applications because the data is generally disseminated as a text file or PDF. We’ve parsed the data into a MySQL database [...]

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Flight Podcast Update

by Marty July 29, 2010
Flight Podcast

The large number of emails asking us why we haven’t posted anything must mean that people are reading!
The three primary people behind flight.org and its subsidiary websites are heavily involved in a number of other projects – including a pilot for Australian TV, podcast, and a few other websites currently in development – and, for [...]

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Crew Smoking Dope on a Plane

by Marty July 3, 2010
marijuana

Forget smoking cigarettes on an aircraft! This video shows what appears to be a Russian pilot and cabin crew smoking marijuana on board an airliner. Despite the fact I’ve seen reports of this as a freight aircraft – like that would make any difference – there are cabin crew, suggesting a passenger service – despite [...]

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Aeroflot’s Nude Cabin Crew Calendar

by Marty July 2, 2010
Aeroflot Calendar

Mother Russia is often heavily scrutinised for its controversial and sexually orientated marketing tactics… by our prudish western standards anyhow. It’s the point of the creative teams in marketing to constantly push the envelope of a perceived social standard – and it works! Russia’s going through one of those sex-soaked stages of marketing where people [...]

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Airline Simulator Assessments

by Jason July 2, 2010
Aircraft Simulator

Airlines conduct simulator assessments of their pilot candidates for a number of reasons. Certainly, one area they check is the ability to fly an aeroplane with reference to instruments only but this is only part of the assessment. Other areas that the check captain will be paying close attention to are:

Your ability to recover from [...]

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Avianova Bikini Girl TV Advert

by Marty July 1, 2010
Avianova

Russia’s number one low cost carrier, Avianova, have created an interesting TV commercial featuring cabin crew scantily dressed in bikinis washing one of their aircraft while a group of airport fire fighters watch on. It plays like something you expect to see on one of those seedy pay-per-view channels in a cheap motel room – [...]

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Interview with Captain Eric Moody

by Marty June 30, 2010
Eric Moody

I had the opportunity to talk to Eric Moody in the company of Karlene, Ken and Adam yesterday as part of a new aviation podcast at FlightPodcast.com that we’re in the final stages of releasing.
Eric is most famous for experiencing a 4-engine failure in a British Airways Boeing 747 as a result of volcanic ash [...]

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In-Flight Shutdown and EDTO

by Marty June 30, 2010
IFSD EDTO

I had a discussion with a pilot from another airline recently that leads me to believe that they have a potential flaw within their training system. If what I’m told is indeed correct, it suggests that the airline training department advocates a nonsensical and potential dangerous approach with regard to procedures associated with restarting an [...]

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Swimming with Snakes!

by Bec June 27, 2010
Black Snake

Down route in Phuket, four other crew members and myself decided to go for a late night swim. Two crew were sitting on the edge of the pool and two were standing in the water chatting to them. I had decided to lie on my back and float around the centre of the pool.
Just to [...]

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Jetstar’s Kevin Rudd Advertisement

by Marty June 26, 2010
Kevin Rudd

Australia’s Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was dumped on Wednesday night for his deputy, Julia Gillard – or Jihad Julia as she’s affectionately known to millions. Gillard is Australia’s first female and our first unmarried PM.
For Kev, Kevin 07 was once his election slogan – now it’s his approval rating. Despite his pathetic poor performance, [...]

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Hang Gliding: Bald Hill

by Marty June 19, 2010
Bold Hill

For the purpose of pre-solo consolidation, Tony and I were back at Bald Hill where we had undertaken a few tandem flights prior. The goal of today was to fly repeated approach and landings in preparation for my own first solo flight off either Bald Hill (Stanwell Park) or at Hill 60.
With a 15 to [...]

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