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AWAL
Safety Policy
The
goal of AWAL is to achieve a zero accident baseline
in warbird operations. To this end, AWAL will strive
to grow a safety culture within our membership that
is coincident with that of the highest standard.
AWAL
has established a safety management system that allows
for the identification and management of risks related
to warbird operations in Australia. This includes the
establishment of a medium to facilitate the reporting
of incidents and accidents and a blame free reporting
culture.
AWAL
has established key performance indicators (KPI's) for
safety, and monitors these KPI's to continually improve
our safety performance.
Whilst
maintaining a blame-free accident reporting culture,
AWAL will not tolerate acts that are negligent or deliberately
unsafe.
AWAL
provides open communication and timely feedback on safety
issues to AWAL pilots.
Every
pilot within AWAL is responsible for ensuring safety
comes first and must:
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COMPLY
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OPERATE
THEIR AIRCRAFT WITHIN APPROVED PARAMETERS; and |
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PROACTIVELY
IDENTIFY AND MANAGE RISK RELATED TO THEIR INTENDED
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Incident
& Hazard reporting:
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AWAL
Safety Officer - Send email
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4 March, 2013
New Service Bulletin for the P51 Mustang
Follow this link to the MANDATORY SERVICE BULLETIN
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February, 2013
SAFETY ALERT FOR L39 AIRCRAFT - Urgent Notice
Subject: Potential Safety Issue with Canopy Separation on the Aero Vodochody L-39 Airplane
Purpose: This SAFO alerts owners, operators, repair stations, and mechanics holding Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificates, to service difficulties and safety issues associated with the Aero Vodochody L-39C and L-39ZA variants.

Please download the full FAA SAFO pdf HERE
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30
October, 2012
YAK
52 AIRWORTHINESS BULLETIN - Urgent Notice
Dear
Members,
Further
to the report below, CASA have now issued
an Airworthiness Bulletin for YAK52 aircraft.
Please
download the PDF file HERE.
It
affects all operators and owners
of Yak 52 aircraft (manufactured by both
Yakovlev & Aerostar), both those in the
Experimental and Limited CoA categories.
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Orginal
notice - 12 Oct 2012
This
notice is to all owners of Yak 52TW aircraft.
Other members might find the video of
the failure interesting.
An
incident occurred recently when the elevator
trim on a VH registered YAK 52TW failed
and resulted in some flutter. More information
can be found on the website address below.
There is no final verdict on what caused
the problem. As a precaution owners should
at least check their aircraft for any
signs of a similar problem. If you find
any problem please let us know.
www.usnationalaerobatics.org/IACSafetyForum/default.aspx?g=postmessage&t=234&f=14&q=789
Steve
Crocker.
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May, 2012
New
Pilot and Airside Safety Products on Airservices
Website
As part of CASA's focus to provide safety
education and advice to the members of
each of the RAAOs, we would like to advise
you that Airservices have recently updated
their website which provides an easier
way of accessing the Pilot and Airside
Safety area. This area of the Airservices
website is designed to provide pilots
and airside operators/workers with simple
to understand information about a range
of topics which are primarily associated
with the following areas:
1.
Runway Safety;
2. Airspace Infringements; and
3. Working with ATC.
A
link to the Airservices website and Pilot
and Airside Safety webpages are found
below:
Airservices
Webpage
Pilot
and Airside Safety Webpage
Safety
Nets (Fact sheets)
Runway
Stop Bars
Runway
Safety
Aerodrome
Safety for Airside Drivers
Safe
Operations around Controlled Airspace
Using
GPS as a VFR Navigation Tool
Communication
with ATC
SARTIME
Management
Flight
Following
Pilot
Responsibilities for Obtaining In-flight
Information
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19 December, 2011 CJ-6 Maintenance AlertWhile carrying out a recent fleet review of the type, the CAA has identified reported instances of cracking in the central section of the forward spar of the tailplane on the worldwide Nanchang CJ-6A fleet. To read or download full details, please CLICK HERE
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14 December, 2010 URGENT - FAA AD FOR CESSNA 337 , USAF 02A/B AND OTHERS Click here to see the AD and watch this space for further information as it comes to hand.
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25 September, 2010 ******WARNING TO L39 OPERATORS************WARNING TO L39 OPERATORS****** Charlie Camilleri, AWAL’s Director of Self Administration and Australia’s leading L-39 expert, has recommended that all operators check the following: 1. ...
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21 March, 2010 YAW EXCURSIONS IN CIVIL AIRCRAFTThe New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority has been assisting the Royal New Zealand Air Force with the investigation into the accident involving Airtrainer NZ1990. Following is a transcript of a letter from Mr John Lanham, General Manager General Aviation, Civil Aviation Authority. Click to view letter
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24 February, 2009 Engineers and aircraft operators reminded to properly dispose of old emergency beaconsNew Civil Aviation Regulations require most aircraft to carry a digital 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter (ELT), also known as distress beacons or emergency beacons. Older, analogue 121.5 MHz ELTs are no longer permitted.
Maintenance...
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24 February, 2009 LINK TO CASA WEBSITEhttp://casa.gov.au/publicinfo/index.htm
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2 July, 2007 LEARNING FROM HISTORYYear after year pilots and passengers are killed and injured in similar types of accidents . Surely we are smart enough to learn from the past mistakes of others . The following safety article is reproduced here with the kind permission of Dave Sutton and the Red Star Aviation Museum in the USA. AWAL applauds safety-related input but, pending official review, does not necessarily...
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30 June, 2007 ILLEGAL LOW FLYING AND THE LOW LEVEL BEATUPEach year there are several needless and tragic accidents which result from spontaneous and unpracticed low fly bys or beatups. With the advent of Adventure flight operations in Australia, we now have access to Aircraft with relatively high performance and which by their very nature invite a low level flypast with a pull up in front of admiring family and friends. There is a misconception...
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17 February, 2007 A PHILOSOPHY OF SAFETYAn excellent safety record is not just a matter luck but belongs to flying organisations, groups and individual pilots who follow a 'PHILOSOPHY OF SAFETY'. The following safety article is reproduced here with the kind permission of Dave Sutton and the Red Star Aviation Museum in...
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16 February, 2007 ELIMINATING OUR GEAR UP MISHAPS - FROM REDSTAR FLIGHT SAFETYIt's always better to learn from the mistakes of others and this problem is just as significant here in OZ. The following safety article and photograph is reproduced here with the kind permission of the Red Star Pilot's Association in the USA. http://www.flyredstar.org/ AWAL applauds...
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8 February, 2007 NANCHANG FUEL VENTSThe following important information regarding Nanchang fuel vents was sent to us by one of our members. AWAL applauds safety-related input but, pending official review, does not necessarily endorse the stated views. The Nanchang had 10hrs of flight testing which we do in most of our aircraft and was hangered most of the time .The two days in which it was out side it had its canopy cover...
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