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Some airline pilots in the southern skies have been ordered by their employers to drive on the right side of the road. Qantas pilots have been told to fly to the right of airways in Indonesia to avoid other airplanes that could be (read: at least once have been) on a head-on collision course, and […]

Those of us on the far side of the world may think of New Zealand and Australia as neighbors, but in fact, the two countries are separated by about 1,200 miles of rough and lonely seas. Pilot Murray Belfield, 66, got to experience those miles up close last week when he flew solo in his […]

There’s no end of innovation in the world, and here are a few interesting gadgets for aviators that we’ve run across lately. The Flightcell unit, made in New Zealand, allows pilots to use a cellphone or satphone through their headset, while remaining connected to the radios — perfectly legal down under, but in the U.S., […]

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New Zealand aviation officials failed to take action against a pilot involved in a fatal crash despite numerous warnings about his competence and attitude, a coroner’s inquest was told on Thursday. The inquest is reviewing a June 6, 2003, crash near Christchurch that killed pilot Michael Bannerman and seven passengers aboard the Air Adventures Piper […]

General aviation safety in New Zealand isn’t as good as it should be, according to the Civil Aviation Authority, and as part of a five-year effort to reduce the accident rate by 25 percent, the agency has created a DVD on risk assessment and is distributing it to 15,000 pilots. “Basically what we’re trying to […]

The old debate over the effect of cellphones on airplanes is back in play, as investigators in New Zealand face questions about a fatal accident last June, during which a cellphone was apparently turned on in the cockpit. Eight people died when a Piper Chieftain crashed just over a mile from the runway at Christchurch […]

Australian pilot Jon Johanson, who was stranded last week at Antarctica’s McMurdo Station when he was unable to refuel, left Antarctica Sunday, thanks to some help from a fellow aviation adventurer. British pilot Polly Vacher had stored a cache of fuel at McMurdo for her round-the-world flight in her Piper Dakota, but ran into logistical […]

New Zealand’s accident investigation board has praised a helicopter pilot’s skill in saving her craft and crew after a collision with trees at night in rough terrain, despite her own injuries — but criticized her actions in getting into the accident in the first place. According to the report, Life Flight Trust BK-117 helicopter ZK-III […]

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