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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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Balloon maintenance – Not for the unqualified operator

There’s been disquiet for some years that private balloonists are illegally maintaining their own aircraft. But there seems to be a new appreciation of the potential danger in that.

Posted in Adventure aviation, Engineering and maintenance;

Posted 10 years ago

The value of reporting

With every occurrence report you submit, you’re feeding data into safety systems that may prevent you from having an accident in the future. Read the articleThe value of reporting

Posted in Reporting;

Posted 10 years ago

Navigating our New Southern Sky

New Southern Sky is New Zealand’s proposed response to increasing air traffic and demands for safer, more efficient airspace management. It’s a proposed move to performance-based navigation.

Posted in Technology;

Posted 10 years ago

Aircraft hire - getting the basics right

If you don’t own an aircraft, you probably hire one when you want to fly.

Posted in Aircraft owner and aircraft;

Posted 10 years ago

I learned about flying from that

A welter of human factors left an aircraft floundering in the shallows and its pilot facing a big repair job. He shares what happened and the decisions he made.

Posted in Health and human factors, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 10 years ago

The impossible turn

Since 2001, there have been 18 accidents, eight of them fatal, following some kind of power loss after takeoff. The worst year for such occurrences was 2014.

Posted in Aerodromes;

Posted 10 years ago

December 1917 - Avoidable accidents

With interest in World War I peaking during 2015, Vector thought readers might be intrigued by figures for avoidable accidents gleaned from history.

Posted in General safety, When things go wrong;

Posted 10 years ago

Vinyl applications - a hidden threat

Talking aircraft maintenance? A vinyl decal on the fuselage or tailfin may not strike you as a ‘maintenance event’.

Posted in Engineering and maintenance;

Posted 10 years ago

Role equipment - check, recheck, practise

An accident earlier this year in Marlborough shows the importance of role equipment being fit for purpose, and for pilots to be completely familiar with it.

Posted in Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 10 years ago

WX matters

“Forecasters sometimes get the aviation forecast wrong. However, a poor forecast never killed anybody.