Jabiru Crash Wedderburn NSW Carl Holden writes Read the story of the ultralight plane crash that changed my life. I am one of the original founders of the recreational / ultralight / microlight aircraft flight in Australia. In 2001 I flew in a Jabiru aircraft, re-assured by representations made by the pilot and manufacturer. We …
Easterly Morning Glory Cloud This is an Easterly Morning Glory photographed at Burketown in 2005. Earlier, a breeze denoting a soliton had come over the airfield while most of us were still preparing for take-off. Shortly thereafter a radio call came through from a Morning Glory virgin who said whe was on the front of …
Pilots Warned of Flying over Walrus Herds “Federal wildlife officials have asked pilots to stay clear of a massive herd of walrus that has gathered in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska. An estimated 35,000 walruses were spotted about 5 miles north of Point Lay, Alaska, on Sept. 27 by scientists on a …
Absolutely beautiful – and the flying’s pretty good too. Check the guy flying sideways under the bridge. I don’t think we’ll be seeing that on Sydney Harbour anytime soon. Budapest Airshow 2014 Highlights Absolutely beautiful – and the flying’s pretty good too. Check the guy flying sideways under the bridge. I don’t think we’ll be …
Brad Edwards lands his glider at Kingaroy during the 2012 National Gliding Championships. In addition to flying business jets all over the country as Chief Pilot of Edwards Aviation, Brad has had an illustrious career as a competition glider pilot having won four Australian Championships and a World Championship. He has been flying since the …
Hi All: I found this picture in a 1958 University of Alaska (Fairbanks) yearbook. Airplane is my 1938 Fairchild 24J, 145 hp Warner engine which I flew to Alaska from L.A. I am scraping the snow off the wings which is a chore we are spared at Tyagarah. (Although, of course, we have bird …
We all have to be conscious of how and where we fly when near the ground. The local populace becomes quite concerned about low flying aircraft. People are more sensitive than usual due to the use of the area as a training area by Gold Coast flying schools. After writing a series of letters to …
SBS aired a documentary tonight on a woman who must rank among the world’s most extraordinary pilots. Best known as an ardent supporter of Hitler, her contributions to aviation have been overshadowed. Hanna was flew the world’s first helicopter – indoors, before a crowd of thousands. She was the first rocket pilot. She flew a …
In 2009 Tim Exley asked for a new CMS system to be installed on the club’s site, and then used it to write some pages about his trip to Lake Eyre with McPhee. Recently he came around to my place for dinner and showed me how it worked, and I spent the next couple of …