Close calls

I’ve held a VFR private pilot’s licence since 1988 and have around 1100 hours in command. Recently, I was involved in an incident, which could’ve ended in tragedy. Read more at http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2017/07/the-hills-are-alive/ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s the Easter weekend. The weather’s perfect, skies are clear and my mate Kevin and I are in the cockpit of my beloved Kitfox 3 ‘rag and tube’ light plane. We’re at 5000 ft and heading east for Kalgoorlie, 590 km away. Read this close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2017/05/easter-road-trip/ . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A hangar story that could easily have been a front-page newspaper story. Read via Flight Safety Australia at http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2017/03/down-to-the-last-drop/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How a recreational pilot found himself loaded with fuel without a drop to spare. Read this close call at http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2016/09/the-devil-in-the-detail/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This newly instrument rated pilot was as happy as a warthog in elephant dung. I was flying old, but still shiny, twin pistons for a living; and Zimbabwe was now a relatively peaceful country with a new name and what looked like a bright future, now that the Bush War was over! Life was good. Read the full story at http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2016/07/out-in-africa/ See omnystudio.com/listen...

How secure is your cockpit and cabin? Is everything stowed safely, but still readily available if needed? Read this close call at http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2016/05/what-you-dont-find-can-kill-you/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A hang glider tells how fatigue and human factors almost had disastrous outcomes. Read the full article at http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2016/03/undone-over-gulgong/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a story about the time that I let commercial pressures get in the way of my personal margins, and learnt the value of boundaries the hard way. You can read this close call at http://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2016/01/the-rule-of-three/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'Pressing on into an approaching storm-front, then going into low level ‘turn and run’ mode; this was as close to a terminal accident in a light aircraft as I ever want to get.' Read this close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2015/07/running-from-the-storm/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to a pilot's first-hand account of a close call where unbalanced freight nearly brought down a ATR 72-212 cargo flight. (Image: © ATR | Barthe Pierre) Read this close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2015/05/freight-forward/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to this close call experienced by a military helicopter pilot while flying a Bell UH-1H for the RAAF near Townsville. For the first time, Flight Safety Australia brings it's popular 'close calls' in audio format, allowing you to listen and experience a near miss like never before. Read this close call and more by visiting: www.flightsafetyaustralia.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...