Aviation safety, accidents, and incident reports
I just thought I’d share something fun. Pilot briefings are very important, and it is critical that these are, literally, “brief”, as well as hit the issues that are actually important. Things that are just standard and expected are not … Continue reading →
I came across this article today which I had written quite a few years ago. How many years ago? Well, TWA was still in business! I should add that my more recent article, here, is a worthy follow-up if you’ve … Continue reading →
I am going to shift gears a bit and move into a discussion of resilience engineering. I was able to attend the recent symposium of the Resilience Engineering Association (http://www.resilience-engineering-association.org/) of which I am a member. A common thread of … Continue reading →
I am honored to have been a guest on the 401st podcast for airplanegeeks.com. Great group of folks who are working hard to get accurate aviation information and news out to the world. I discussed how an aircraft accident … Continue reading →
We have become accustomed to the idea that we can do more with less and flying is no exception. Improvements in technology first allowed airplanes to fly without navigators as long range radio navigation then inertial systems and most recently … Continue reading →
As pilots we need to make decisions based on reality. Anything else can lead to a very bad outcome, but what is reality and can we perceive the difference between reality and perception? We live in a probabilistic world. This … Continue reading →
This post is to honor someone who deserves to be recognized. Sometimes the job of flying puts us in contact with amazing individuals. I have been fortunate to meet quite a few in my lifetime and perhaps that will be … Continue reading →
The Final Report of the Air Asia 8501 has been released. This was a loss of control accident that does contain some lessons that are worthwhile sharing. There had been an ongoing maintenance item that resulted the ECAM message of … Continue reading →
High Altitude Stalls – how well do you understand them? By Captain Shem Malmquist Acknowledgements Credit for the impetus of this article must be given to my friend, aerodynamicist Clive Leyman, who initiated a discussion on these issues. He … Continue reading →
________________________________________________________________ There are those that dislike using a Heads Up Display, or HUD ( such as pictured above), but in my experience, once a pilot is used to the HUD it becomes as indispensable as the Primary Flight Display (PFD), … Continue reading →
For those interested, I often post articles I come across that are pertinent to my Jet Safety Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/jetsafety. These include items I have written as well as articles I have come across that are of interest to flight … Continue reading →
Kinematic effects has been published in the International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics and Aerospace. Abstract The control of an aircraft relies on sensory feedback. It follows that any aspect that could create a situation where that feedback is faulty … Continue reading →
Ten seconds. When this crew was at 500 feet they were exactly on glideslope and exactly on their target speed. Ten seconds later they had too low energy to recover. Think that would never happen to you? How many times … Continue reading →