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Safety Through Information
Getting the information you need
to fly safely even when you’re in
new territory
By Grant McHerron
You’ve all heard these, right?
“Praemonitus, praemunitus”
(Fore-warned is Forearmed)
“Be prepared”
Baden-Powell & the Boy Scouts
“Knowledge is Power”
Sir Francis Bacon
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
Confucius
“No Campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy”
Carl von Clausewitz
“Planning is everything, the plan is nothing”
Dwight Eisenhower
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Pilots Have Known This For Almost 100 Years
"The success or otherwise of ‘the airway’ is in the hands
of the people who do the work – the pilots. In their
hands rests everything. No man can be born a fullytrained pilot; no pilot can ever be fully trained. All pilots
should ever be learning, ever striving to increase their
own efficiency. Efficiency begets confidence, and thus
safety. So aim at being safe"
Captain Travis W. Shortridge
"Blind & Bad Weather Flying"
Slipstream Magazine, 1930
(pilot of the ill-fated Southern Cloud)
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Legally, you must be prepared!
CAO 95.54 4.2
CAR 233
CAR 239
The pilot in command (that's you) has to:
• Plan the flight for the route to be followed and any aerodromes to be
used (and any alternates), covering:
o Current weather reports & forecasts
o Airways facilities available & their conditions
o Conditions of any aerodromes & their suitability to your aircraft
o Air Traffic Control rules & procedures pertaining to the flight
• Carry (with easy access to) the information you need during the
flight, including:
o Maps covering the proposed area of operation showing
aerodromes, controlled airspace, prohibited, restricted and
danger areas along the likely flight path
o Any other information & instructions required
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Today may not be like
Yesterday
• You must have current information available to you
• You need this information in your home area as well
as when you go to a new area
• Never assume you know what's going on because
you flew here yesterday - always look for what's
changed, new info, etc
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What's stopping you?
"Who's got the time? The weather is right now!"
"I don't need the latest maps - my parts don't really
change."
"I just fly where I know and don't go elsewhere."
"It's too hard to stay up to date."
"It's not like I'm flying at an airport and can just drop by the
pilot's shop."
"We're recreational & fly under their radar."
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Sources of Knowledge
• Government Sources
o ERSA, AIP, VFR Guide
o NOTAMs
o Maps
 VNC, VTC, ERC Low,TAC, PCA
 Geoscience,LIC NSW, VICMAP, etc
• BoM
o TAFs, METARS, etc
• ABF
o Pilot Training Manual, Operations Manual
o Website
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Save the Trees!
ERSA, AIP, etc:
http://www.airservices.gov.au/flying/default.asp
CASR, CAR, CAO, etc:
http://casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_90902
Briefing Services:
http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/brief/
http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/NOTAMMAPS/INDEX.ASP
http://www.airservices.gov.au/Brief/areabrf.asp
TAFs, METARs & NOTAMs:
http://reg.bom.gov.au/reguser/by_prod/aviation/
http://www.airservices.gov.au/brief/html.asp?/cgi-bin/avreq?area=30
ABF:
http://abf.net.au/links.htm
http://www.abf.net.au/SZ.htm
Maps:
http://www.melbmap.com.au
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It's all Geek to me!
How to read a TAF
• AIP GEN 3.5 - 25
• http://www.canberragliding.org/jforum/posts/list/73.page
Decoding NOTAMs
• http://www.flyingineurope.be/notam_decode.htm
• Understanding NOTAMs - Part 1 & Part 2
o http://bathursted.ccnb.nb.ca/vatcan/fir/moncton/WeeklyTopics/Archives/20
040404/CurrentTopic.html
o http://bathursted.ccnb.nb.ca/vatcan/fir/moncton/WeeklyTopics/Archives/20
040411/CurrentTopic.html
VFR Guide:
• http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_90008
Airspace Regulations Summary
• http://www.recreationalflying.net/tutorials/navigation/airspace.html
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Flying Somewhere New?
• Look for charts (aviation & topographical) - start assessing airspace
boundaires, what airports/airstrips/ALAs are in the area, what Area Forecast
zone is it in
• Go to the ABF site and start checking for PZs, SZs & Hazards
• Use the ABF member directory to find people in the area and CALL THEM
to learn which land holders can be relied on for launch/landing plus any
transient or seasonal problems that may not be on the ABF site (crops being
sown/harvested, livestock, etc)
• Check ERSA entries for all airports in the area
• Start building up a mental image of the 3D picture of the space you'll be
flying in (landscape, boundaries, hazards, etc) and do some "what if"
thinking of how you'd fly for various wind conditions - what you'd watch out
for, etc.
• Mark up your maps & reference cards (cheat sheets) with information so it's
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A Few Days Before
• Watch the weather forecasts, synoptic
charts & trends
• Check for NOTAMs
• Check ABF site again and give
balloonists with local knowledge a call
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Let's go fly near Mildura
• Check out the ABF site for info about the area
• Look at the Planning Chart of Australia - find it's in area 30 & on
WAC 3458
• Get the maps for the area (WAC, ERC LOW #2, VICMAP
topographicals - Meringur & Merrinee)
• Look up Mildura in the ERSA to get code (YMIA), frequencies &
notes
• Look up AirServices web site for TAF/METAR and NOTAM info
• Start reading/viewing & thinking
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• Get ABF member directory
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Here's a TAF/METAR
MILDURA (YMIA)
RAIM GPS RAIM PREDICTION 151401
YMIA
TSO-C129 (AND EQUIVALENT)
FAULT DETECTION
NO GPS RAIM FD OUTAGES FOR NPA
TSO-C146A (AND EQUIVALENT)
FAULT DETECTION
NO GPS RAIM FD OUTAGES FOR NPA
FAULT DETECTION AND EXCLUSION
10160308 TIL 10160337
10161007 TIL 10161016
10161036 TIL 10161053
10170306 TIL 10170333
10171003 TIL 10171011
10171032 TIL 10171049
10180305 TIL 10180329
10180959 TIL 10181007
10181028 TIL 10181045
GPS RAIM FDE UNAVBL FOR NPA
METAR METAR YMIA 152000Z 27007KT CAVOK 06/05 Q1012 RMK RF00.0/009.4
TAF
TAF AMD YMIA 151626Z 1518/1612 24012KT 9999 FEW035 SCT060 FM152300
21017G30KT 9999 LIGHT SHOWERS OF RAIN FEW035 BKN045 FM160800 22010KT
9999 SCT045 RMK FM151800 MOD TURB BLW 5000FT TILL 160800 T 05 06 11
15 Q 1010 1013 1014 1014
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Here's some NOTAMS
MILDURA (YMIA)
C0048/09
RWY 18/36 DECLARED DISTANCE CHANGES
RWY
ASDA
18
1139
36
1139
FROM 09 140455 TO PERM
C0022/10
RWY DECLARED DIST AND GRADIENT CHANGES:
RWY TODA
09 1950(2.18)
27 1980(1.62)
RWY 09/27 TRANSITION SFC INFRINGED.
18
36
1199(2.36)
1199(2.39)
SUPPLEMENTARY TKOF DIST:
RWY 09 1857(1.6) 1912(1.9)
RWY 27 1970(1.6)
RWY 18 1015(1.6) 1127(1.9) 1178(2.2)
RWY 36 1007(1.6) 1107(1.9) 1168(2.2
FROM 08 061142 TO PERM
C0024/10
NDB MIA FREQ 272 PILOT MONITORED
FROM 08 270000 TO 11 260700 EST
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Be Willing to help
• Provide information to the ABF so the website can be
updated
o PZs, SZs, hazards, etc
o Help make that section of the site something of
benefit to all of us
• Be available for calls from other balloonatics who are
going to fly in your area
• Online forums (downwind.com.au? Aunty Monkey?)
• Social experiences with other pilots ("Hangar flying")
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It's all about Airmanship
Somehow ‘airmanship’, which is not just flying, but is
everything flying means, is a very neglected subject … If
only young pilots would forget that a ‘joy stick’ is in many
ways only a secondary consideration, that ‘circuits and
landings’ do not make a pilot, that they never will learn all
that the air can teach them, and that advice from old hands
should never be disregarded – well, lots of young pilots
would still be pilots!
Captain Travis W. Shortridge
"Blind & Bad Weather Flying"
Slipstream Magazine, 1930
(pilot of the ill-fated Southern Cloud)
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Thanks for making it to the end
Grant McHerron
[email protected]
0422 914 949
www.flymefriendly.com
www.planecrazydownunder.com
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