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Tag Archives: Sydney Australia
Close Calls, Near Misses, and Collisions
I have been following the blogging of a new student pilot from Down Under. Dave refers to himself as a middle-aged pilot learning to fly for the first time in Sydney, Australia. As with pilots all over, he is now … Continue reading →
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Tagged a middle-aged pilot learning to fly, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, and collisions, Cessnas, close calls, Close Calls Near Misses and Collisions, danger and fright, engine failures, first solo, flight training, flying, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, learning to fly, MidLifePilot’s Flying Blog, near misses, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, Sydney Australia, taildraggers
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Bad Week for Jet Engines
Airbus and Rolls Royce are having a bad week this week, Qantas Airlines, too, to a degree. On Thursday Qantas Flight 32 departed Singapore’s Changi Airport shortly before 10 a.m. enroute to Sydney, Australia. Six minutes after takeoff, the number … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General
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Tagged Airbus, aviation industry, Bad Week for Jet Engines, Changi Airport, engine parts, FAA, NTSB, Qantas Airlines, Rolls Royce, Singapore, Sydney Australia, Trent 900 engine, uncontained engine failure
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