Vector Online - In category Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism

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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The dangers of December

A lack of care, and distraction, have caused a recent spike in agricultural accidents.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Agricultural operations, General safety;

Posted 15 days ago

Getting the best from ADS-B

By Tom Gormley, Technical Advisor with the CAA’s former ADS-B grant scheme.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 36 days ago

Emotions are contagious. Stay calm.

When a pilot asks for help over the radio, staying calm can avert a crisis.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, General safety;

Posted 44 days ago

I learned about near misses from this

Is your ADS-B switched on? How an enjoyable flight on a clear day became a terrifying near miss1.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, When things go wrong;

Posted 49 days ago

Fatigue: a saboteur of good decisions

A New Zealand agricultural pilot, who struck wires, has an urgent message for other pilots about the creeping effects of fatigue.

Posted in Agricultural operations, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, General safety;

Posted 57 days ago

Mixing it up - VFR and IFR at uncontrolled aerodromes

By CAA Flight Examiner, Guy Brooking Perhaps the very essence of working together to stay apart at uncontrolled aerodromes are VFR and IFR pilots taking each other’s needs into account.

Posted in Aerodromes, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 4 months ago

Be ready for the emergency

After a forced landing in the bush, this pilot did three things that made the difference between survival and possible death.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, When things go wrong, General safety;

Posted 5 months ago

Risky business

Preflight risk assessments can unlock communication and help create a strong safety culture. But you might have to overcome initial cynicism.

The RNZAF at unattended aerodromes

What air force pilots want other users of unattended aerodromes to know about the way they fly.

Posted in Aerodromes, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 8 months ago

Do you see me now?

By Murray Shaw I learned about losing situational awareness from this.