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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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Don’t be that pilot

Check your NOTAMs! To accommodate increasing numbers of flights to Whitianga airfield, in 2022, Mercury Bay Aero Club embarked on a major three-year works programme.

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

Posted 35 days ago

Remedial training to prevent repeated flight test failures

By CAA Flight Examiner Guy Brooking It’s no secret that pilots who’ve had to make multiple attempts to pass flight tests, later feature disproportionally in accidents1.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism,

Posted 41 days ago

The life-saving importance of the duplicate inspection

Don’t allow a once-over-lightly duplicate inspection in your workshop endanger your aircraft and pilots – and their passengers.

Posted in Engineering and maintenance,

Posted 49 days ago

“It’s about being a reasonable human”

You wouldn’t shoulder barge someone in the street, even if you had right-of-way, would you? Maybe apply that same courtesy in the circuit.

Posted 55 days ago

Fix your seatbelt low and tight

It really is that simple. But another fatal crash shows complacency is winning.

Posted in Aircraft owner and aircraft, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Rotary operations, Operators, General safety,

Posted 2 months ago

Different flying experiences in the North and South Islands

They’re siblings, not twins.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism, Weather,

Posted 2 months ago

Lucky strike

It was supposed to be just another goat cull. But this pilot and his passenger narrowly escaped with their lives. Here’s their story.

The foundation of a strong engineering culture

Three aviation engineering workshops, each unique in their own way, agree that open communication is at the heart of their approach to safety.

Posted in Engineering and maintenance,

Posted 3 months ago

Remember your phone when you fly a drone

Failing to maintain good comms while flying your drone can lead to embarrassment. Maybe worse.

Posted 4 months ago

I learned about maintenance control from this

This maintenance controller learned a difficult lesson about the danger of making assumptions. This is a story of honest errors, followed by delayed and dumb decisions.

Posted in Engineering and maintenance,

Posted 4 months ago

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