A private pilot reflects on an early flight and how they would do things differently now.
Read this close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2023/06/alice-through-the-looking-glass/.

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A gliding incident is the culmination of factors, including ergonomics, maintenance and pilot action. Read this close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2023/06/decision-or-design/.

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A paraglider pilot’s skills and drills are tested to the limit on her very first time in the air. Read this close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2021/07/maiden-flight/

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Weather affects short flights and long ones equally, as this pilot found out.  I hadn’t ever been so glad to feel the earth beneath my wheels as I did when my aircraft touched the runway after this flight.

Read this Close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2023/02/what-did-i-think-i-was-doing/

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Despite all good intentions, a pilot ends up in a nightmare situation. Self-analysis follows a lucky escape.

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Having purchased a Piper Warrior, endorsements for manual propeller pitch control and retractable undercarriage were straightforward. The next issue that seemed worthwhile addressing was the deadline imposed on VFR pilots by last light. So I embarked on a night VFR endorsement. The darkness of regional Australia at night proves to be more than a match for a city slicker’s night VFR rating.

Read this close call at: https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2023/04/night-fright/.

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A former boss once warned me that 'an assumption is the basis of a screw-up'. While I've often repeated that maxim to others, it took 5 white-knuckle minutes to teach myself the wisdom of those words.

Read this Close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2023/01/assumed-risk/

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In this unexpected and scary incident, the pilot reaches for something familiar to use in an unusual way.

Read this Close Call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2022/11/belting-along/

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Recent la Niña rainfall has amplified a longstanding aviation hazard, as Steve Blackie discovered.

Read this Close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2022/11/water-water-everywhere/

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