September - October 2002 - Vol 6 No 5
Cover story
Asleep at the controls - New fatigue research hones in on sleep inertia and microsleeps.
What went wrong?
Whose plane is it anyway? - Two pilots aren't always better than one.
Wrapped in plastic - A test flight turns ugly when a fertiliser bag gets tangled in a rotor blade.
Tree's a crowd - A private pilot recalls a close encounter of the botanical kind.
Airline Operations
Still safe - Events of the past 12 months threw the global airline industry into a spin, but the year was still one of the safest on record.
Flying operations
How far can GPS go? - DME could be phased out.
Airworthiness
Don't baby your engine - If you are going easy breaking in your piston engine, you could be doing more harm than good.
Sludge attack - A single-engine prop loss and a twin's failure to feather could have one thing in common - a deadly build-up of sludge.
New Rules
Wrestling with the regs - Our new section gives you guidance on new rules.
ATSB supplement
Regulars
Letters - Flak and
flattery.
News - Developments in aviation safety.
Maintenance alerts - MEL changes, electronic
defect reports.
ADs, AACs and AWBs - Airworthiness directives,
advisory circulars and airworthiness bulletins.
Safety Check - Test your knowledge.
Short Final - Planning an out.
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