Latest Posts – Page 15
Vintage Chipmunk Crash at Jandakot
On Wednesday, the ATSB released an urgent advisory asking all owners of the vintage aircraft DHC-1 Chipmunk to check their rivets. This advisory came as a part of the still in-progress investigation of a fatal crash at Jandakot Airport on the 26 of April 2024. The DHC-1 Chipmunk is a two-seater single-engine aircraft introduced in…
Read more… 13 Sep 24
Over-The-Top Gun: When Overconfidence Meets Gravity
I’m excited to share this guest post with you, by our own David Provan! It’s a great piece about his early experience flying the Champ. Over-The-Top Gun by David Provan I was eighteen in 1961. I’d not long done my first ever solo flight on an Aeronca Champion 7EC at Middle Districts Aero Club, Palmerston…
Read more… 7 Sep 24
Motor Glider’s Unexpected Touchdown on the A419
A few days ago, on the 27th of August 2024, a Grob G109B landed on the A419 road in Gloucestershire. The Grob G109B, developed by Grob Aircraft in Germany, is a motorised glider, which sounds like it could be a contradiction in terms. The two-seater low-wing aircraft is capable of both powered and unpowered flight.…
Read more… 30 Aug 24
Nepal’s Aviation Safety Under Scrutiny After Deadly CRJ200 Crash
On the 24th of July 2024, a devastating crash killed seventeen engineers and the first officer seconds after take-off from Tribhuvan International Airport at Kathmandu. Saurya is a tiny airline operating a specialized aircraft in one of the world’s most demanding airports. The Nepalese domestic carrier was founded in 2014 with a Bombardier CRJ200 registered…
Read more… 22 Aug 24
Voepass flight 2283
Voepass Linhas Aéreas flight 2283 was a scheduled Brazilian flight from Cascavel, Paraná, to Guarulhos, São Paulo. This is a routine, two-hour flight and the aircraft (and presumably crew) had flown it regularly, including the Guarulhos to Cascavel leg earlier that morning. Voepass Linhas Aéreas is a small airline that has offered domestic flights around…
Read more… 16 Aug 24
A Perfect Day to Fly: The Tragic Story of the EAA AirVenture 2023 Midair Collision
In 2023, the annual EAA AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin was marred by a tragic mid-air collision. The EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) is an aviation organisation which has hosted fly-ins since 1953. EAA AirVenture is the largest American airshow; the week-long event is held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, every year in July. The large number of…
Read more… 9 Aug 24
Accident Reports
Ferry Tank Failure: Successful SR22 Ditching in the Pacific
In 2015, I shared a video of an SR22 whose pilot successfully deployed his Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) off of the coast of Maui, Hawai’i. I wrote at the time…
The Man in the Right Seat at Prestwick
On the 23rd of April 2024, a Piper Archer II crashed in South Ayrshire, Scotland, after losing power. There were two on board. Both suffered serious injuries and the light…
Demystifying
Meowing on Guard (an attempt at an explanation)
Last week a video went viral and it’s been fun to see the mainstream media coverage try to cover two pilots who were heard making animal noises on the radio. …
Trump Threatens to Ground Canadian Aircraft Over Gulfstream Certification
The US President, Donald Trump, posted the following to Truth Social last night. Based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500,…
History
Four Point Two Stars Where You Only Stop If You Have To
I always look up airports when I’m writing about them, partly out of habit and partly because I’m afraid I’ll miss an important detail. When I was writing Any Landing…
Gladys Ingle Inflight Wheel Change: Emergency Action or Stunt?
This video of a mid-air wheel exchange goes viral once a year or so, but I never get tired of watching it. Last week, it showed up on Reddit and…
Fun Stuff
Aviation Stories You Might Have Missed
I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season. This week, I’ve put together a compilation of interesting items in the press that you might have missed while enjoying…
Nathan Pyle Strange Worlds
Thank you so much for all the kind words. I don’t quite have the wherewithal to respond to each of you individually but I very much appreciate all of you…
