Vector Online - In category Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism

Read our special 'online' Vector stories here. Some are unique to the website, and some have featured in print issues of Vector.

Note: This archive dates back to 2015. So, the advice in some of the earlier articles may have changed.

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I learned about near misses from this

Is your ADS-B switched on? How an enjoyable flight on a clear day became a terrifying near miss1.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, When things go wrong;

Posted 8 hours ago

Fatigue: a saboteur of good decisions

A New Zealand agricultural pilot, who struck wires, has an urgent message for other pilots about the creeping effects of fatigue.

Posted in Agricultural operations, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, General safety;

Posted 8 days ago

Mixing it up - VFR and IFR at uncontrolled aerodromes

By CAA Flight Examiner, Guy Brooking Perhaps the very essence of working together to stay apart at uncontrolled aerodromes are VFR and IFR pilots taking each other’s needs into account.

Posted in Aerodromes, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 3 months ago

Be ready for the emergency

After a forced landing in the bush, this pilot did three things that made the difference between survival and possible death.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, When things go wrong, General safety;

Posted 4 months ago

Risky business

Preflight risk assessments can unlock communication and help create a strong safety culture. But you might have to overcome initial cynicism.

Do you see me now?

By Murray Shaw I learned about losing situational awareness from this.

The dangers of aircraft icing

The polar jet is beginning its northward migration, bringing weather conditions perfect for producing ice on aircraft – both in the air and on the ground.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Aircraft owner and aircraft, Preflight and postflight, Rotary operations, Adventure aviation, Agricultural operations;

Posted 7 months ago

Lasting legacy of an aviation safety pioneer

When Captain Brian Dunn first sat in the cockpit of a Tiger Moth in the late 1940s, it marked the start of six decades of dedication to air safety in…

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, General safety, Instruction instructors and training;

Posted 7 months ago

Beware the slowly taxiing helicopter

Here’s a heads-up to the pilots of light aircraft. It can take minutes for the air to settle in the wake of some helicopters.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, General safety, Aerodromes;

Posted 8 months ago

I learned about lookout from this

This account of a loss of situational awareness at an unattended aerodrome, has as much relevance today, as it did when it happened some years ago.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Aerodromes, General safety, When things go wrong;

Posted 8 months ago

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