Vector Online - In category Audio articles

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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Audio story: Know your neighbour

To encourage safe flying at unattended aerodromes, Vector Online asked various users, “What do you want your airspace neighbours to know about the way you fly?” Listen here to what…

Posted in Aerodromes, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Rotary operations, Agricultural operations, Adventure aviation, Audio articles;

Posted 5 months ago

The CAA talks drones

Listen to our three interviews on drones in New Zealand: "If you fly a drone, you're a pilot", "BVLOS operations and the GA pilot", and "The business of drones".

Posted in Drones and model aircraft, General safety, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Audio articles;

Posted 17 months ago

Making advisory circulars more ‘participant-friendly’

The Civil Aviation Authority is employing a small team of specialists to help CAA technical experts update and improve advisory circulars (ACs). These are documents designed to break down the complexity of civil aviation rules and help aviation participants comply with them.

Posted in CAA, Audio articles;

Posted 20 months ago

A chat with the Young Eagles

What is a ‘Young Eagle’? Right now, there are about 350 of them, in 17 aero clubs around New Zealand. Most are between 14 and 18 years of age and they’re made of tough stuff. Many of them work multiple jobs, often at minimum wage, to fund their flying lessons, while also studying at secondary school or university. And they frequently go without many of the things that teens love to do or possess, in order to fly.

Posted in Instruction instructors and training, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Audio articles;

Posted 23 months ago

The insider threat to aviation

The ‘insider threat’ is the potential for an employee to harm their own organisation – something the New Zealand aviation sector has not been immune to. In this Vector Online interview, we discuss the capacity of an employee at an airport whose behaviour threatens the security of aviation. We talk about what to look for, and what to do about what you see.

Posted in Aerodromes, General safety, Operators, Security, Audio articles;

Posted 2 years ago

Lookout

Lookout is one of the most important skills – if not the most important skill – a VFR pilot can master, particularly in the circuit. It sounds deceptively simple but there’s a whole heap of skills that go into looking out effectively. Listen to four of the country’s most experienced instructors talk about how to do a good lookout, in this Vector Online audio article, “Why a good lookout is so critical”.

Currency and competency

As pilots climb back into the cockpit this summer, some of them won’t have flown for many months. If you suspect some of your flying skills may have been dulled by such a break, consider a dual flight with an instructor, before your summer flying takes off. Listen to this Vector Online article, ‘Currency and competency’ as to why a dual flight is so important. There’s information there for instructors and aero clubs as well as for pilots.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Audio articles;

Posted 2 years ago

Slow down those radio calls

Radio calls are arguably second only to lookout in the critical basics of safe flying. Yet, complaints are widespread among pilots about the poor delivery of some of their fellow pilots’ calls.

Posted in Radiotelephony and communications, Audio articles;

Posted 3 years ago

The risk to safety through mispronouncing te reo Māori VRPs

If every pilot and ATC controller pronounces te reo Māori place names the one way, the risk of mid-air collisions will be reduced.

Posted in Airspace, Radiotelephony and communications, Audio articles;

Posted 3 years ago