July-August 2003 - Vol 7 No 3
Test your knowledge with our interactive quizes
IFR - Some VOR basics.
Maintenance - What's happening in your engine?
Flying operations - Pre-flight planning using the National Aeronautical Information Processing System.
Celebrate flight in Australia - To celebrate 100 years of powered flight, Flight Safety Australia is offering a $3500 prize for the best essay on Australia's contribution to world aviation.
Cover story
The 156-tonne Gimli Glider - It's the 20th anniversary of aviation's most famous deadstick landing.
What went wrong?
Caught in cloud - A lucky escape for a visual pilot with a life-threatening case of "get-home-itis".
Second solo - Ever had one of those days when everything seems to go wrong? This student had one on his second solo.
Flying operations
SARS hits hard - The SARS crisis is subsiding, but airlines will take time to recover.
Far out - If it's not cyclones taxing outback aviators it's camels.
Down to the wire - The final investigation report on the Swissair 111 disaster.
Airworthiness
A deadly cocktail - Why mogas, alcohol and aircraft don't mix.
Safety Rules
Australia tests Apollo GPS - New generation GPS technology is being tested by Australia's regulators.
ATSB supplement
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- Loss of control
- Safety briefs.
- Confidential aviation incident reports.
Regulars
Letters - Flak and
flattery.
News - Developments in aviation safety.
Maintenance alerts - Check your bearings, Harness
condition, Lifejacket lights, Headset repairs
Short Final - Power to the Wright Brothers
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