Resources
Pilot Resources
Every student pilot should be forced to watch the first video below on avoiding stalls and spins. Also watch around the 2 minute 30 second mark of the 3rd video.
Weather Webcams
Weather Cam Network for Australia (Google it)
Surf Cams for coastal weather Willy Weather
Thredbo Cams For Sky Views Of The Alps
Perisher Cams Mt Perisher & Kosciuszko
All Snow Cams for visual info on mountain weather
Waterways NSW Webcams
Other Useful Resources
Australian Airports walking distance to pubs and food Google Maps Link
Flysafe Tutorial Pages – By John Brandon
Forums Recreational Flying Forum PPRUNE Homebuiltairplanes Vansairforce
LIVE ATC to learn air phraseology
Weather Resources
BOM Radars
BOM Meteye
New SatView Weather Radar 50x the definition – Amazing BOM
Plain English weather translator for NAIPS Area Forecast ( http://www.anard.net/pemet/pemet.html )
How to read aviation weather
Graphical SIGMET
A great weather visual tool to show winds Earth Wind Map
Micro-burst what they look like and a good post on it here . Look for the upturned air as it bounces off the ground…avoid avoid avoid.
Mountain Flying 3.3MB pdf – extremely vital info for the snowy mountains area and a great eye opener about flying in valleys and mountain wave. This could be a lifesaver.
Must Watch Videos
Avoiding Stall & Spin accidents a must watch – 27min
Power On induced Stall and Spin 2min
Why You Never Stomp Rudder To Rush A Turn See 2:30min
Pilots are ready and they still lose 800-1200 feet in recover. Do that in a circuit and you die. Watch right near the end, 1200 feet to recover.
Why You Never Fly VFR Into IMC See 2:30min
This is about as close as it gets. Start watching around 1:50 and check out the close up at 2:02