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61 Then, when they do get the message, they will either dump the flap, or take half power and sit there with the nose up. This i ...

AUSTRALIAN FLYING March – April 2015 L anding is aviation’s great inconsistency. In most other operations, pilots can manipulate ...

March – April 2015 AUSTRALIAN FLYING It all started for Jacobson with his own ab-initio training in 1965, when his instructor ga ...

AUSTRALIAN FLYING March – April 2015 Getting practical To fly the JF, you have to suspend a few cherished beliefs and practises ...

65 March – April 2015 AUSTRALIAN FLYING patch of grass or even the boundary fence, if it’s in the right spot. On sealed runways, ...

AUSTRALIAN FLYING March – April 2015 australianflying.com.au the end of the runway. Note: this does not mean you must do it with ...

Available in Factory Build or Kit Available in Kit Build 180 liters (fuel) + 4 adults (180kg) = true 4 seater ...

E very aviator in the world, regardless of status or experience, has at least one thing in common: at one stage in their lives t ...

So how do you do that? Australian Flying cast around for some good ideas and listened to many a sad and many a happy tale to com ...

This adds further to the enjoyment of the flight and injects a touch of their normal world. Keeping their sugar levels up will h ...

Maybe just a circuit Consider starting them out with just a circuit. The more apprehensive or unsure the passenger is the bett ...

order no matter how funny the story might be. Do not discuss last night’s episode of Air Crash Investigation. For example, if yo ...

ABOVE: You want me to go in that? Passengers don’t understand how good the maintenance on an aircraft is; all they can do is jud ...

Jim’s Analysis This is indeed very sad. Many of us knew and respected Val, the pilot. I know she would have wanted us to learn f ...

Several hours later I learned that it was Val and that they had crashed near Walkerville. Vans is just outside the Lanseria TMA, ...

Jim’s Analysis Strangely, there is a lot more to this than meets the eye. Right, let’s look at the nitty-gritty. First, my norma ...

australianflying.com.au 77 March – April 2015 AUSTRALIAN FLYING australianflying.com.au ©Jim Davis Safe All your exam subjects ...

nyone who has even the slightest interest in aviation loves a good air show. Ever since the dawn of manned flight, people have h ...

79 he peak summer season this year has brought some terrific soaring conditions. During the winter months, many glider pilots ju ...

With Avalon 2015 upon us, Dave Wheatland reflects on the safety habits (or not) of air show display pilots based on many years o ...