Flight Safety Bulletin - No. 54 November 2018
Editorial
Recreational pilot
Our favourite activity, flying motorised ultralight aircraft, is a recreational and leisure activity. Of course, this activity is extremely demanding in terms of training, practice and keeping knowledge up to date, because that is the only way to guarantee a high level of flight safety when practising it.
The Analyst's analysis
On 8 October 2017, a Funk FK12 Comet S1 three-axis microlight took off from Nogaro aerodrome in clean configuration and made a tight 180° turn to pass over friends.
The Mechanic's Tutorial
In this new episode of the Mechanics Tutorials, Peyo and Thomas show us how to change the engine oil on your machine properly.
Safety in Figures
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 30 September 2018, ranking casualties by severity and distinguishing purely material-damage accidents.
