https://australianaviation.com.au Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:59:25 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://australianaviation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-AAV0003_AustraliaAviation_Logo_Reversed-1-1.jpg https://australianaviation.com.au 32 32 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/checklist-error-caused-october-cessna-crash-says-atsb/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/checklist-error-caused-october-cessna-crash-says-atsb/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:20:13 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375848 In its report into the incident last October, the safety watchdog found the pilot of VH-JUA had incorrectly set flaps to 40 degrees instead of 20 degrees, as recommended in the plane’s manual for a go-around and said the incident highlights the importance of correctly following checklists.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/checklist-error-caused-october-cessna-crash-says-atsb/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/lake-macquarie-pilots-didnt-notice-each-other-before-near-collision/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/lake-macquarie-pilots-didnt-notice-each-other-before-near-collision/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:44:17 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375774 In its final report into the incident, the transport safety watchdog noted that neither the pilot of the Extra, VH-IOG, nor the Magni M16C Tandem Trainer gyroplane, G1850, heard each other’s broadcasts or saw the other aircraft until they were about 20 metres from colliding.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/lake-macquarie-pilots-didnt-notice-each-other-before-near-collision/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/pel-air-denies-pilot-fatigue-caused-victoria-air-ambulance-incidents/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/pel-air-denies-pilot-fatigue-caused-victoria-air-ambulance-incidents/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 03:52:13 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1375214 Two of the incidents, as reported by the Herald Sun, took place in October, and one in January. In at least two cases, oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling at around 11,000 feet as the fixed-wing planes were ascending, due to improper setting of compression instruments before take-off.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/pel-air-denies-pilot-fatigue-caused-victoria-air-ambulance-incidents/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/vertiia-electric-vtol-locks-in-first-civil-aviation-customer/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/vertiia-electric-vtol-locks-in-first-civil-aviation-customer/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:30:46 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1374963 General aviation and regional airline group Aviation Logistics, owner of Air Link, AirMed and Chartair, has signed a deal for 10 Vertiia aircraft with the option for 10 more, which could be in service starting from 2027 pending regulatory approval.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/02/vertiia-electric-vtol-locks-in-first-civil-aviation-customer/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/new-luxury-gated-community-to-feature-its-own-airstrip/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/new-luxury-gated-community-to-feature-its-own-airstrip/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 06:17:22 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1373594 Alongside 62 blocks for private residences, VFR Developments’ $65 million, 50-hectare Aquila Estate and Flying Club – located 15 minutes from Maryborough – will include one grassed and one 850m asphalt runway, as well as shared hangars, access to uncontrolled airspace, and a clubhouse.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/new-luxury-gated-community-to-feature-its-own-airstrip/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/good-filming-opportunity-led-to-fatal-light-jet-collision-says-atsb/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/good-filming-opportunity-led-to-fatal-light-jet-collision-says-atsb/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:26:23 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1369064 The two jets, formerly owned by the Republic of Singapore Air Force, crashed in Port Phillip Bay on 19 November 2023, killing two men on board one of the aircraft. ]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/good-filming-opportunity-led-to-fatal-light-jet-collision-says-atsb/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/urge-to-stick-to-plan-brought-down-cessna-in-bad-weather-atsb/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:49:21 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1367000 The Cessna R182 Skylane RG VH-EHM, operated by Executive Helicopters, was carrying two passengers and a pet dog from a property near Roma to Brisbane’s Archerfield Airport when it crashed in the D’Aguilar Range in August 2022, killing all on board.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/01/10-passengers-escape-overturned-cessna-on-lizard-island/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:37:26 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1366978 Ten people, including the pilot, were on board VH-NWJ when it reportedly overshot the runway and crashed into bushland on the remote resort island at around 7:30am on 8 January. All nine adults and one 14-year-old girl escaped the overturned Cessna and were airlifted to Cairns Hospital.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/12/autistic-pilot-returns-to-esperance-after-epic-solo-circumnavigation/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 06:25:11 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1364315 Hayden McDonald, 22, touched down in Esperance at 3pm on Monday, ending what is believed to be the first unaccompanied flight of its kind by an autistic pilot. He has logged more than 80 hours of flight time in his Jabiru J120 since the start of his journey on September 8.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/11/fuel-management-issues-led-to-piper-ditching-in-april-says-atsb/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:36:25 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1361728 VH-FEY, piloted by Michelle Yeates, whose LinkedIn profile lists her as working for Rottnest Air Taxi, was on its way from Carnarvon to Jandakot via Geraldton when it began to lose engine power. Yeates, seeing that people were on the nearby Leighton Beach, opted to ditch in the ocean.]]>