Qantas have got a new plane – the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. I took a ride inside ‘Great Southern Land’ from Melbourne to Sydney as Qantas test the aircraft before commencing international operations. I shot a short video of the flight taking a look at the seating configurations, inside the cabin, in-flight entertainment, and the domestic […]
Inside The Dish – the Parkes CSIRO radio telescope
I recently flew from Moorabbin to Parkes in NSW as part of a longer trip up to Longreach and back. After landing at Parkes I grabbed a hire car and made my way to the CSIRO Radio Telescope, popularised in the 2000 Australian movie ‘The Dish‘. I was given a really informative and interesting behind […]
Navigation flight log template – how I track fuel and estimates in flight
I’ve been asked a couple of times how I log my flight times and estimates in-flight. If you’ve watched any of my pilot vlogs on YouTube you’d have seen I use a kneeboard strapped to my right leg which has a few pages in it. Firstly there’s the flight log template (we’ll get to that […]