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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My first taste of hang gliding was at Hill 60 to the Southern side of Port Kembla and about 90 minutes drive South of Sydney. The 15-knot Easterly airflow redirects upwards off the mild cliff face and provides the pilot with an unbelievable and virtually unlimited source of lift. This flight was essentially the equivalent [...]
The earliest inspiring memory that attracted me to aviation came from an episode of the ancient TV series Eight is Enough when David, played by Grant Goodeve, competed in a hang gliding competition in an episode entitled Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy. That episode aired in 1979 when I was barely old enough to [...]
Karlene Petitt wrote an interesting article on visualisation last week, and how it can be used to accelerate progress and improve performance on the flight deck (in the learning environment). It’s an interesting topic – partly because it’s a technique I use myself, and one that I’ve encouraged my students to use – but also [...]
I’ve just uploaded a Cessna 441 training program to CessnaConquest.net. The generic systems content is designed to assist pilots undertaking Conquest type ratings/endorsements; or it can be used as a systems refresher for those pilots that fly it. I used this program at a previous company so quite a few of the references to SOP’s [...]
Jetstar has launched a cadet pilot training program in Australia and New Zealand to support the airline’s expanding Asian-Pacific operations. The program was jointly developed by the Oxford Aviation Academy based in Moorabbin and the CTC Aviation Group, based in Hamilton, New Zealand – both in consultation with Jetstar. The airline will – upon successful [...]
This post was written a number of years ago for a flight training website. It is replicated here with a few minor modifications (but fails to address more recent developments in the MCPL/cadet programs) as an introduction to what will come next – a post on Jetstar’s Cadet Program. Although it was written with an [...]
Attitude for airspeed and power for rate of descent in the approach phase of flight is the methodology of choice for most flight training organisations involved in elementary pilot training (and if you’re a student it’s probably what you’re learning right now) – but is it correct? The short answer is yes, and the long [...]
Flight.org’s Ken Pascoe was interviewed by The Age newspaper last month. The story was printed on their education website last week; and we have re-printed it below. Captain Ken Pascoe is one of V-Australia’s most senior pilots. With more than two decades of experience captaining a range of aircraft, including the huge Boeing 777 wide-body [...]
This is one of the most disturbing videos that I have ever seen. It’s taken from the inside of Beechcraft Bonanza and shows a pilot in formation with an L39, flying in marginal VMC conditions around mountainous terrain. The pilot ‘inadvertently’ enteres cloud at low altitude and comes within inches of killing all on board [...]
Ken Pascoe is an extremely accomplished Boeing 777 Check and Training Captain. He has recently written a white paper on the Paradigm shift with regard to engine failure analysis on Boeing type aircraft. This blog was originally published on martinetics.com in 2009 prior to Ken and I undertaking flight.org. The following text is from Ken’s [...]
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