Australian Flying - July 2018

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Cover: Steve Hitchen’s pic of

Graham and Glenda’s iconic

Piper Twin Comanche.

Features

Masters of All They Survey

Flying for aerial survey companies is not a career

much thought about, but Rohan Williams says

despite the long hours of exacting flying, the

lifestyle has a lot going for it.

Destinations

In this her final piece for Australian Flying,

Shelley Ross says goodbye with reflections on

some of the outback spots that hold a special

place in her heart.

Lifting their Game

With rotary aviation

set for a revolution in

the coming decade,

Steve Hitchen looks

at the developments

that will shape

helicopters as

we will come to

know them.

Regulars

Editorial 8

Airmail 10

News 12

Down to Business 68

Products 70

Rotors 72

A Spot of Recreation 74

Good Sports 76

Safety Matters 77

What Can We Learn 78

The Kernels of Wheatie 80

Short Final 82

Flight Test: Piper M

John Absolon put Piper’s M600 single-engined turbo-prop

through the wringer during it’s recent tour of Australia

and found a luxury transport to be reckoned with.

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australianflying.com.au
AUSTRALIAN FLYING July – August 2018
Richard Glassock’s
Flying Motorcycle
Lyn Gallacher met an ex-pat Australian making
waves in the UK with his innovative approaches
to aviation solutions of the future.
Facing the North
Why, when there are CPLs going begging down south,
are aeroplanes in Darwin standing around for lack
of pilots to fly them? Steve Hitchen ventured north to
find out why and hooked up with one company doing
something about it.
Lessons from a Logbook
Jim Davis recounts days when people around
him seemed to be dying in crashes, and what he
learnt from so many sad events.
Top 10 Student Mistakes
Flight training is a time of great learning, but after
all these years
students keep making
the same mistakes.
Tony Self asked flying
schools what the Top
10 errors were and
what students can do
about them.