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?