Flight Safety Australia

March-April 2000 - Vol 4 No 2

Cover story

Inside the fuel crisis - Professor David Trimm, the independent expert brought in to check the fuel contamination tests tells his story.

What went wrong?

Fools rush in - A pilot recalls the closest he came to killing himself in an aeroplane.

  • Full text of this story is on AvWeb.

From bad to worse - A Queensland pilot suffers two engine failures and a landing gear malfunction

Slip sliding away - A pilot loses control when his seat develops a mind of its own half-way through a go round

Weather or not? - A horror flight through the eye of a thunderstorm

Flying operations

Tear-out poster - Your guide to the new Private Instrument Flight Rules (PIFR) rating

Runway illusions - A look at several visual illusions that can play havock with landing approaches

Runaway plane - The recent death of golfer Payne Steward has focused international attention on the hazards of cabin depressurisation.

Rotorcraft

Flying high - How to handle high-altitude landings and take-offs.

Cabin crew

On your own - Valuable advice for solo flight attendants

ATSB supplement

Safety and the ATSB - Eight pages of safety information and analysis from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau

Regulars

Letters, News and Training
Maintenance alerts - Safety information for aircraft engineers
ADs and AACs
Safety check - Test your knowledge
Short final - Was the Millennium Bug a con?

 
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