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Metar to Twitter – Free service
Some time back we set up a number of Twitter accounts that would automate the hourly posting of aviation metars for a small number of airports (examples: @YSSYmetar & @KLAXmetar). We were later inundated with requests from people that wanted us to set up accounts for their own local airports. It was a little time-prohibitive [...]
Merry Christmas from @flightorg and @FlightPodcast
From all of the contributors at flight.org, we would like to wish you all the best of the holiday season. We’ve been a little ‘lazy’ lately; both here and over at Flight Podcast. However, it has been an enormous year for our group – one of significant challenge but also of significant achievement. What [...]
Make a Donation to Virgin Australia’s Movember Team
One of my fellow pilots was diagnosed and treated for Prostate Cancer about two years ago. Thankfully, he was successfully treated and now juggles a line flying role and a demanding management position. For at least the second year in a row, he is participating in Movember in aid of prostate cancer research and awareness [...]
One Qantas Pilots Perspective on the Qantas Dispute
Owen Zupp is an accomplished journalist and author that has written for some of the worlds leading aviation publications. He maintains an active interest in General Aviation when he’s not commanding a Qantas 737. Owen recently posted a message to family and friends on his personal Facebook page addressing their concerns for him during Qantas [...]
FULL AUDIO of the Qantas Press Conference: 31st October 2011
The following audio was recorded this morning at Sydney’s Qantas Press Conference. Alan Joyce responds to the Fair Work Australia ruling that terminated all Qantas protected industrial action. The decision was made under section 424 of the Fair Work Act which states, in part, that “… FWA must suspend or terminate protected industrial action if [...]
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Aviation Safety
Good Flightdeck FORM
Longhaul always presents it’s unique issues. One if which is sitting next to Joe Bloggs copilot for hour upon hour. It’s amazing the connections you make, sharing the stand out moments of your shared passion. Sometimes you can walk away from a flight enjoying the company more than the flight itself. There are however occurrences [...]
Airtime : CASA’s Crew Resource Managament Training Toolkit
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority released a Crew Resource Management training package mid-2010 designed to provide training material to general aviation and Low Capacity RPT (LCRPT) operators. Titled “Safety Behaviours: Human Factors for Pilots”, the toolkit includes a DVD and a number of work booklets that can be used to supplement existing classroom-based group [...]
Our talk with John King of King Schools
In episode 5 of Flight Podcast we talk with John King of King Schools. Kings Schools has a hand in training over 50% of the pilot population in the United States at some point in their career via a library of over 90 courses that can be completed using interactive DVD’s or online via their [...]
Flight Training
Performance Limited Takeoff
Managing a departure with a performance limited takeoff can be one of the more challenging tasks that face the Captain of an aircraft today. It all sounds simple enough in theory. Based on the Airport/Runway, Ambient Weather Conditions and Aircraft, a computer will spit out down to the kilogram how much weight you’re allowed to lift off the runway. From this number a passenger/cargo and fuel load is determined – and off you go. But all is not as it seems.
TAC : Thrust Asymmetry Compensation
As Boeing’s first Fly-By-Wire aircraft (although not necessarily fly-by-wire by the Airbus definition) the 777 introduced a flight control augmentation system that the first fly by wire Airbus aircraft did not – Thrust Assymetry Compensation, or TAC. The basic problem is clear. During an engine failure on a twin wing-mounted engine aircraft there is an [...]
Slats Drive Go-Around
When I arrived at V Australia in 2008 I discovered that what was missing was the institutional knowledge that an established airline develops over time, but never writes down … so I did. Eventually it became the SOP Guide : Practices & Techniques document. This blog series documents the continual growth of this training resource. [...]
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