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Flight Podcast Update

by Marty on July 29, 2010

in Podcast, flight.org News

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 on July 3, 2010

in Airline Safety, Cabin Crew, Other Airlines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Hang Gliding: Bald Hill

by Marty June 19, 2010

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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Are you all talk in interview?

by Karalyn June 18, 2010

One of my personal favourite stereotypes about pilots is that you all have a relaxed communication style. You’re sparse with words, and are good with brief pronouncements. That style is kind of reassuring when you announce things in flight as becoming “a little bit bumpy.”
I know that’s not true of everyone. In fact, some air [...]

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Hang Gliding: Captive Flying

by Marty June 17, 2010

On a day planned for final consolidation of the approach and landing technique from a hilltop glide, we were again blessed with the opportunity to do something other than actual flying thanks to Mother Nature who – in truly typical female fashion – decided to make life difficult. Although the wind strength and direction was [...]

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Hang Gliding: Landing & Technique

by Marty June 17, 2010

Day two was used to refine my takeoff technique and slowly introduce me to the glide literally 3 or 4 feet at a time as we made our way up a sand hill at another South Coast beach. The solo glide, if only for a few seconds, offered Tony the opportunity to assess my technique [...]

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Hang Gliding: The Basics

by Marty June 15, 2010

The glider relies on a combination of headwind and the pilot moving forward in combination to generate the required lift for takeoff. In true Flintstone fashion, the pilot essentially uses peddly power to work through a number of defined stages before a safe takeoff can be achieved. Tony was adamant that the takeoff is one [...]

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