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For the last two years I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Karlene Petitt on a number of projects – including a number of websites and a podcast. As a group, we’ve followed the progress of her first novel with great interest. In fact, in the early days of our collaboration, her book was [...]
Congratulations to Ali Wanchap on becoming Australia’s newest commercial helicopter pilot. Ali was once plugged into the big city fast lane working in PR and marketing for a major fashion label alongside Sydney’s social elitists. A vacation to Africa changed that when she took a scenic flight in a helicopter. The experience reinforced what she [...]
One of the things I like best about aviation is the amazing stories from all the people I’ve worked with. Unlike most traditional (boring) jobs, the career of a pilot generally has a unique and fascinating back-story that deserves to be told. Jeff has worked for a few general aviation organisations, he’s owned a number [...]
Born in Henderson Nevada, Christine found herself in Seattle Washington to earn a degree in computer science. But her inspiration from living in Boeing country, her visits to Oshkosh with her father, and her love of the 787 pushed her over the edge to become a pilot. She switched schools and degrees, and began flying [...]
From Kobe Japan, Jun, a graduate student of Environmental Engineering, recently received his English certificate and has set off on an adventure in Vero Beach Florida. He will be attending Flight Safety International for the next 15 months to earn his private, instrument, commercial, multi-engine and instructors ratings. His goal—to become an airline pilot. At [...]
Kellie is learning to fly at Bankstown based Red Baron Flight Training. Len Costa and I had a chat with Kellie regarding her initial research into her flying training and her limited experience thus far. At the time of recording Kellie has accrued 7 hours of basic flight training. Formerly known as Sydney Aerobatic School, [...]
This was an early discussion recorded for inclusion on the now (semi-retired) FlyingTraining.net. The flight training site was always intended to be a media resource for student pilots but was ‘consolidated’ into flight.org (along with CrewResourceManagement.com) for no other reason than time management purposes. In this audio file, we chat with Karlene Petitt and Ken [...]
Legendary Australian pilot Jim Hazelton will partner with Jeremy Rowsell to attempt a trans-Pacific flight in a single-engine Beechcraft 36 in aid of the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS). They are expected to leave the Californian coastline in coming days for Sydney, Australia. Their first leg of the lonely crossing will depart from Hollister, Califonia [...]
I wrote about Kevin Smith’s encounter with Virgin America a couple of days ago. The more I think about his experience, and the more I hear the story told from various angles (including variations of his own), the more I’m inclined the believe that the flight he was late for and refused carriage on was [...]
Not-so-silent Kevin Smith has had had another airline dummy spit on his blog – this time with Virgin America. Remember when he was kicked off a SouthWest aircraft back in Febuary for what he claimed was his rather wide carriage? On this occasion, he arrived at the VX gate 10 minutes prior to departure to [...]
Our friend, Karlene Petitt, is involved with an initiative to get 2010 female pilots introduced to aviation. It’s been 100 years since the first woman earned her pilots license. To celebrate this anniversary, Mireille Goyer had a vision of introducing 2010 new girls and women to aviation this year. For all who signed up, only [...]
The real story about a cargo fire indication that forced Northwest airlines Flight 41 to divert into Iran was never told in any detail. The airline did a wonderful job of silencing the crew on board the airliner to the point where most employees were – and remain – blissfully unaware that one of their [...]
In our most recent episode of Flight Podcast we talk to Janine Shepherd. Janine Shepherd was a champion cross-country skier in training for the Winter Olympics when her life was suddenly and irrevocably altered during a training bicycle ride to the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. A speeding utility truck struck Janine and shattered her [...]
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 [...]
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