Vector Online - In category Displays aerobatics and aviation events

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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Classic Fighters is back. Here's how to get there safely

After a COVID-induced hiatus, the Classic Fighters airshow is back at Omaka this Easter.

Posted in Airspace, Displays aerobatics and aviation events, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 21 months ago

Woodbourne busts

Between November 2021 and October 2022 there were 48 reported airspace intrusions into the Woodbourne control zone. Vector Online takes a look at the challenges – and peculiarities – of the local transit lane.

Too much focus

With the airshow and competition season approaching, it’s a good time to talk about how too much focus impedes good flying. Read the article Too much focus

A new era in aviation events

The Shoreham tragedy was a global game changer.

Posted in Displays aerobatics and aviation events, General safety;

Posted 7 years ago

A study in safety

A whiteboard exercise in Miramar was a catalyst for a highly successful – and safe – event amid the peaks of the Crown Range and Southern Alps.

Flying for the crowd

The saying is that aerobatics is like having sex and being in a car wreck at the same time. The truth is far more mundane.

Posted in Displays aerobatics and aviation events, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 10 years ago