Aircraft Tyre Pressure Guide
Below is a guide table of common tyre and rim sizes and their recommended pressures and loads. Please, always consult with the specific...
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Greg Sendall
Mar 22, 20224 min read
Australias First Powered Flight
We decided to touch on something slightly different today, and reflect on the first powered flight in Australia which officially occurred...
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Greg Sendall
Feb 22, 20225 min read
Aircraft Batteries
Like car batteries, aircraft batteries serve to start the engines or the APU. But the comparison stops there as aircraft are required to...
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Greg Sendall
Feb 19, 20225 min read
Get-there-itis
With get-there-itis contributing to a huge number of aviation related fatalities, we thought we would share this informative article from...
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Greg Sendall
Feb 1, 20226 min read
Aircraft Tyres
Anyone who has ever watched an airliner land and noticed the puff of blue smoke that appears the moment the wheels spin up from zero to...
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Greg Sendall
Jan 18, 20222 min read
Scimitar Blades
First, a bit of background. In the early 1900's, French aeronautical inventor Lucien Chauviere saw commercial success with his scimitar...
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Greg Sendall
Jan 15, 20226 min read
Propeller Testing Results
For the past few months, John Gilpin from www.stolspeed.com has been testing 3 of our Meglin propellers (3-blade 72", 3-blade 70" and...
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Greg Sendall
Dec 14, 20211 min read
Va reduction with weight reduction
By now, a large majority of you would have seen the video of the Embraer EMB-202A agricultural aircraft that experienced an inflight...
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Greg Sendall
Dec 7, 20212 min read
Talking on the radio
Tuesday touchpoint: Talking on the radio. Its getting to that time of the year where more people are starting to head skyward, whether it...
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Greg Sendall
Nov 30, 20213 min read
Tuesday Touchpoint: CASA Changes to flight operations regulations
In two days’, on the 2nd of December, CASA are introducing new and amended regulations in regards to operations and flight rules, as well...
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Greg Sendall
Nov 23, 20213 min read
The deadly base leg to final turn.
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about skids and slips, and the implications of a skidding turn onto final. We found a great article from...
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Greg Sendall
Nov 16, 20212 min read
Flying with Passengers
Tuesday Touchpoint: One of the most exciting things about getting a pilot’s licence, besides the freedom, is getting to share your...
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Greg Sendall
Nov 9, 20212 min read
Slips vs Skids
During some ‘hangar talk’ recently, beside all the usual war stories, came a discussion around slips and skids; the differences between...
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Greg Sendall
Nov 2, 20212 min read
2 blade vs 3 blade propellers - which is better for LSA?
You might have heard the saying, 2 to go, 3 for show. But for light aircraft, what is really better: 2 blades or 3? It goes without...
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