Pilot Fatigue - A Real Threat
For years, pilot fatigue has been a real issue. Airline pilots, as well as cargo, corporate and charter pilots, can all face fatigue...
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Garth Calitz
Jun 12, 20186 min read
Aviation Oil - What you should know
If you own an aircraft, using the right oil and knowing when change it are some of the most significant things you can do to keep an...
Garth Calitz
May 29, 20184 min read
Avgas vs Mogas
Wanna start an argument among other aircraft owners where passion will ring louder than logic? Either bring up Tail wheel vs Nose wheel ...
Garth Calitz
May 15, 20188 min read
Fuel Contamination
It is of critical importance that the fuel taken onboard at uplift is not contaminated in any way since the effects of any such...
Dr Dougal Watson
May 7, 20186 min read
Flying with a common cold
So your throat is sore, your nose running, and your head throbbing as if to burst. You can’t help speaking with a characteristic nasal...
Garth Calitz
May 1, 201811 min read
Inadvertent VFR Flight into IMC
Every human – including weather forecasters and pilots - is liable to make errors. Therefore, the pilot should identify the risks that...
John Zimmerman
Apr 16, 20186 min read
We All Need To Be Weather Geeks Now
Disruption is a hot topic these days, but the 16th century had plenty of it, too. In the span of a generation, the printing press (and...
Garth Calitz
Mar 26, 20185 min read
2017 “The Safest year ever for passenger flight”
Flying is often said to be the safest form of transport, and this is at least true in terms of fatalities per distance travelled....
Garth Calitz
Mar 19, 20183 min read
Flutter - Aeroelasticity testing
The Aviation world has been all aflutter about Boeing completing a critical part of the 787 Dreamliner testing programs — the...
Garth Calitz
Mar 12, 20182 min read
Scud Running - Never a Good Idea
Proliferating cell towers and radio masts make scud running riskier than ever. Getting under a cloud layer and proceeding visually to a...
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