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2011 Stories
December 2011 Edition
OUT OF THE NEST
November 2011 Edition
REMEMBERING WHEN
Octoberr 2011 Edition
SOME IDIOTS YOU SEE FLYING
September 2011 Edition
THE STORY OF EARLY ULTRALIGHTS
August 2011 Edition
Ibis Magic GS700 Test flight
July 2011 Edition
An Insidious Temptation!
June 2011 Edition
HELICOPTERS
May 2011 Edition
ROUGH AIR FLYING - A TURBULENT DISCUSSION
April 2011 Edition
TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE BEFORE YOU FLY
March 2011 Edition
WIRES - A HAZARD ALMOST AS OLD AS AVIATION
February 2011 Edition
FROM THE LOGBOOK: The 1977 Tenerife Airport Disaster Revisite
January 2011 Edition
SAFETY AND RECURRENCY GO HAND IN HAND
2010 Stories
December 2010 Edition
FLYING KELVIN'S TRIKE HOME
November 2010 Edition
LYN AND JOHN'S
CROSS-COUNTRY ADVENTURE
October 2010 Edition
HELICOPTERS
September 2010 Edition
Confused Pilot
August 2010 Edition
AM I A SADIST OR JUST DIFFERENT?
July 2010 Edition
ENGINE OUT EMERGENCY!
June 2010 Edition
DEAD CUT CHECK
May 2010 Edition
GET-THERE-ITUS
April 2010 Edition:
GPS - Friend or Foe?
March 2010 Edition:
A BIT SLOW , A BIT LOW
February 2010 Edition:
BASS STRAIT TRIP
January 2010 Edition:
GLASAIR 'SNAP"
2009 Stories
December 2009 Edition:
Final Prang
November 2009 Edition:
The Norseman Agricultural Aircraft - The Other Canadian-Built Crop Duster
October 2009 Edition:
A Very Cross Wind
September 2009 Edition:
Rudder control
August 2009 Edition:
The Flying Flea
July 2009 Edition:
Classic Wings Gather in Toowoomba
June 2009 Edition:
Cyclone No Match For Clifton
May 2009 Edition:
The World’s Shortest First Solo Flight
April 2009 Edition:
Trainee Marshals
March 2009 Edition:
How The Mighty Have Fallen
February 2009 Edition:
Landing a Plane
January 2009 Edition:
The Kid Glove treatment
2008 Stories
December 2008 Edition:
How Germany Came to make the first all- metal aircraft
November 2008 Edition:
When Instruments Lie
October 2008 Edition:
A Tribute To Michel Mineo and his 98 lb Mineo M-5 Glider
September 2008 Edition:
A Local Adventure
August 2008 Edition:
Stability & Lateral Damping
July 2008 Edition:
Building an Aeroplane With
Wood (Part 2)
June 2008 Edition:
Building an Aeroplane With
Wood (Part 1)
May 2008 Edition:
Disaster, Capture, Imprisonment - World
War II Fighter Pilots Ordeal in Crete, 1943
April 2008 Edition:
Random R.A.A.F. Memories of World War II
March 2008 Edition:
A Lose/Lose Situation - A Pilot's Dilemma
February 2008 Edition:
Sheer Metal Magic - Aviator, Aircraft Rigger
Folk Artist, Art MacDonald
January 2008 Edition:
A Tail to Tell... Flying A Tailwheel Aircraft
2007 Stories
December 2007 Edition:
Open Cockpit Flying - The Way It Should
Be
November 2007 Edition:
Megafauna Fly-Away, Mudgee
October 2007 Edition:
How A Snow Tiger Let Me Fly a 767 Under
The Harbour Bridge
September 2007 Edition:
Getting The Most From Your Pilot Lessons
August 2007 Edition:
Building A Plane - Tips to Building Your
Own Aircraft
July 2007 Edition:
The Day After The Great Air Rally &
Avalon Air Tour
June 2007 Edition:
Our Day Out At Natfly (National Ultra Light
Fly-in) 2007
May 2007 Edition:
Test-Flying An Aeroplane
April 2007 Edition:
Aircraft Electronics Maintenance
March 2007 Edition:
Torque - Ensuring Light aircraft Joint Strength
& Flexibility
February 2007 Edition:
The Correct Way To Wash
an Aircraft
January 2007 Edition:
Coastal Plane Rescue: It
All Took 57 Minutes but 57 Minutes is All It Took
2006 Stories
December 2006 Edition:
Dancing The Skies
November 2006 Edition:
High Wing Or Low Wing
October 2006 Edition:
I Had Finally Achieved My Dream... I Could
Fly!
September 2006 Edition:
Unintended Results - Skydiving from an Aeroplane
August 2006 Edition:
Let The Adventure Begin - Flying An Aeroshute
July 2006 Edition:
Creating Great Aviation Photographs
June 2006 Edition:
Castles In The Air - A visit to the RAAF
Museum, Point Cook
May 2006 Edition:
Flying For The Penniless Dreamer
April 2006 Edition:
Forced Landing
March 2006:
Charles E Taylor - Aviation's "Unsung
Hero"
February 2006 Edition:
Learning Flying Skills
January 2006 Edition:
1950's Australian Domestic Airline Operations
Classic Fly-Off: Skychief vs. Viscount
2005 Stories
December 2005 Edition:
The PIK-26
November 2005 Edition:
Building My Jodel D18
October 2005 Edition:
The Winged Wonder Woman
September 2005 Edition:
The Lonestar Kit Helicopter
August 2005 Edition:
My Dream SeaRey - Kit Aircraft
[PDF
- 460kb]
July 2005 Edition:
Classic Fighters 2005 Airshow
- 3rd Biennial Airshow in New Zealand
[PDF
- 151kb]
June 2005 Edition:
A Portable Jodel - Building
a Kit Aircraft [PDF
- 67kb]
May 2005 Edition:
Kiwi Aircraft Builders -
UFO Gyrocopter Factory [PDF
- 380kb]
April 2005 Edition"
Toward The Sun - Around the World in a Microlight
Motor Glider
March 2005 Edition
Story Of Building A Sonex Light Ultracraft
February 2005 Edition
From The Cockpit - The Auster Mk. 3 Warbird
January 2005 Edition:
Sky Diving In the Czech Republic
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