July - August 2022

Australian Flying

Australia's premier General Aviation magazine

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Onwards To The Past
eneral aviation has been like a 4WD stuck in mud for many years despite the collective effort by advocates to extract it from the mire. In the last 12 months, it seemed that we were gaining traction and GA was slowly moving towards solid ground. Now
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AirMail
Dear Steve. In reference to Monica Kade’s article on flying instructors. When I was learning to fly in the mid 1980s, there were flying instructors all over the place. What happened? Why is there suddenly a shortage? Instruction was always a good way
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Action First, White Paper Second
Although cautiously optimistic about the chances for aviation reform under a new government, leading general aviation advocates believe the Labor government needs to hold off on their promise of another aviation white paper and instead focus on short
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Recreational Stall Speed Limit to go
CASA has said it will remove the 45-knot stall speed limitation on ASAO-registered aircraft from CAO 95.55 after 80% of respondents to feedback requests said the change would maintain current safety standards. The stall speed limitation has restricte
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Major Air Show planned for Gold Coast
One of the United States’ largest air shows, Pacific Airshow, will hold an Australian version over Gold Coast beach in August next year. Pacific Airshow is held at Huntington Beach, California, annually and claims to host three million people across
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Unlocking The Potential
Recreational Aviation Australia’s new Group G was never intended to present opportunities to Australia’s slim-line aircraft manufacturing industry, but technology and potential regulatory change has opened the door slightly for new aircraft that coul
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Seeking Sustainability
Every few years we report on developments in alternative aviation fuels. It’s hard to answer the question “Are we there yet?” because a second question always arises, namely, “Are we where yet?” Since our last report the “where” has started coming in
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Into the Good Night
In a move designed to improve its ability to deal with the unique challenges of the Australian outback, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) recently invested $100 million on six brand new King Air B360 aircraft. The first pilot to fl
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7 Good Reasons
If you like the idea of always striving to be a better pilot, then there are plenty of good reasons to convince even those of us with the healthiest of aviator egos to give formation flying a crack. From tweaking our technical skills, to developing o
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Episodes of Non-aviation
Jim Davis has a passion for instructing. He has been training civil and military pilots, in the air and on the ground for 50 years. His other passion is writing, which he studied at Curtin University in Perth. You can see, and buy, his two pilot text
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Making Yourself Heard
Since the mid 1990s when GPS units found their way into GA aircraft for the first time, comm sets have been integrated in the GPS unit, which saves space and weight. For some, it meant never having to worry about an independent comm set; for others i
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Polishing the Skills
Peter Janssen’s confidence in his Beechcraft B55 Baron was not shaken, but it was stirred. Sure in his belief that the aircraft would climb easily on one engine, he was not perturbed when the instructor dropped gear and flap, then failed one of the b
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Rotors Helitak Expands In US Market
After experiencing solid growth in the US over the past two years, Australian company Helitak Firefighting Equipment have formalised an agreement with Seaview Aviation to assist with US sales, installations, service and maintenance of their expandabl
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A Time for Style
The just released Garmin D2 Mach 1 is one of the best looking and best performing pilot watches ever. It gives pilots everything they could ever need, and more. In testing it, as someone who has owned many of the previous versions, I was reminded of
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Products& innovation Seeing Those Who would Pass
By 1942, the Germany was winning the ongoing Battle of the Atlantic. The unterseeboots of the Kriegsmarine were slowly strangling Britain by sending tonnes and tonnes of shipping and the vital supplies to the bottom of the ocean. Britain was all but
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What Lies Ahead
The aviation industry is about to undergo significant changes and CASA needs to be on the front foot as this happens. In the next decade, we can expect substantial developments in technologies such as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) ai
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Darryl Newman: Business Aviaton Pioneer
In our industry it’s easy to get carried away with the hardware. Year-on-year corporate jets become larger, faster, and more efficient; with greater range and increasingly luxurious interiors. It’s true; they’re magnificent, and a pleasure to be arou
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Flutter: Be Very Afraid
This discussion contains extracts from the SACAA’s accident report. It is compiled in the interest of promoting aviation safety and is not to establish legal liability Aircraft: powered glider Pipistrel Taurus Date of Accident: 1 0 A ugust 2 012 Time
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What Can Be Learn?
Jim Davis has 15,000 hours of immensely varied flying experience, including 10,000 hours civil and military flying instruction. He is an established author, his current projects being an instructors’ manual and a collection of Air Accident analyses,
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Treat us Like Adults
Kreisha Ballantyne is one of the most recognisable aviation writers in Australia. With experience writing for several aviation titles, Kreisha has a broad base of experience, an ability to tap into important general aviation issues and a talent for e
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Supporting the Industry: Who, How and Why
The wonderful thing about aviation is that it is so diverse. In fact, I regularly reflect that its immense breadth is such that not one person knows it all and therefore many of us take great joy in exploring its many facets during our lifetime witho
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Can Rex Patrick Do It?
Iʼve always maintained that to have a long-standing relationship with general aviation, you need to be an optimist. From the very first visit to the CASA website to apply for an ARN, to navigating NAIPS for a password or dealing with AvMed, there are
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CASA Publishes Plan To Reduce Regulation For GA
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority published their long-awaited workplan to reduce regulatory burden on general aviation in May this year. The workplan was in response to the Statement of Expectations (SoE) handed to CASA by then Deputy Prime Minist

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