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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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Startle

A fire warning, sudden stall, an engine failure on takeoff, a cockpit alert: some pilots react quickly and appropriately, some act after a long delay, a few freeze.

It’s a world of selfies and rushing to be first to break the news on social media. That’s led to the work of CAA and TAIC investigators being frustrated by people deliberately or inadvertently interfering with aircraft accident scenes.

Posted in When things go wrong;

Posted 8 years ago

Learning from Kaikoura

The magnitude 7. 8 earthquake just after midnight on 14 November 2016 took everyone by surprise, including the aviation industry.

Posted in When things go wrong;

Posted 8 years ago

CAA Notices - faster and more flexible

A new ‘tool’ being used by the CAA aims to make Civil Aviation Rules more adaptable to change. Read the articleCAA Notices - faster and more flexible

Posted in CAA;

Posted 8 years ago

Performance based navigation for Part 91

As more and more New Zealand aerodromes ‘go PBN’, Part 91 pilots need to be assured their kit is approved for their particular aircraft. Here’s how.

Posted in Technology;

Posted 8 years ago

Beyond good flying

Passing on aviation knowledge involves skills quite separate from being able to fly well. Here, students and instructors describe what works, and what doesn’t. Read the articleBeyond good flying

Flying heli-neighbourly

Complaints to the CAA are rising about noise around heliports. Read the articleFlying heli-neighbourly

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Rotary operations;

Posted 8 years ago

Strip flying

Landing on short, unofficial strips requires skills quite apart from those needed for other types of flying. And most of those skills are to do with human factors.

See and avoid - paragliders and powered aircraft in the same airspace

Increasingly congested airspace above New Zealand has led to some nasty frights for both paragliding, and powered, pilots.

Posted in Adventure aviation, Airspace, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 8 years ago

7150

Every single report to the CAA of incidents, accidents and other ‘aviation related concerns’ is recorded, then grouped with similar occurrences that happened in the same time period.