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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
107 Pilots’ Course 33
28 Academy course 23, 28, 31-32
38 Squadron 35, 39, 58
5 Squadron 61, 63
6 Squadron 31, 78-9
76 Squadron 76
A
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A380
- Euro12b project cost 154
- sensors 150
- weight, paint 145
accidents, research 111
adjourning, teamwork (see Teamwork)
aerodynamics 81
Aeronaut Industries 107
Airbus
- vs Boeing 119
- FBW 120
- FBW, saving lives 121
Aircraft
- A300 117, 123
- A310 119
- A320 38, 118
- US Airways flight 1549 123-4
- A330 119
- A380 119
- 250,000 sensors & parameters 119
- Code F 131
- crewing 135
- Dance of the Ailerons 129
- evacuation 134
- gull wing 126
- handling (compared to A320 & A330) 128
- price 126
- range 134
- statistics 125-6, 134
- test aircraft 128
- turning circle 132
- VH-OQA 130
- wing 126
- Air Transat TS236 190
- AVRO Anson 16
- BAC 1-11 51
- B737 38
- B747 – 100/200/300 “Classic” 83, 84-7
- automation 102
- crew 91
- “wet takeoff” 86
- B747-400 92, 94-6
- conversion 96
- EICAS 100
- flight engineer, non 99, 101
- statistics 125-6
- startup, problems 98
- B747–8 133
- B777 119
- BA Flight 38, London Heathrow 121
- B787 136
- Caribou 35-7, 61, 135
- Cessna 84
- Concorde 118
- CT4 33
- DC9 30
- F-111 31, 34-36, 47, 58, 73, 75-9
- F-4 Phantom 68
- F-16 118
- F-18 118
- Hercules 30, 35
- Iroquois 59, 61-2, 64
- engine malfunction 69
- hydraulics failure 69
- loss of control 64-5
- winching 72
- legacy (replacement) 136
- Macchi 33, 79
- Mirage 35, 80
- Mystere 51
- Sabre 45
- Transall 66, 72
- Winjeel 1
Aide-de-Camp 47, 53
Air Traffic Control
- PAN call 163
- taking control of 163
Aircraft Categories
- Code E (Sydney, Singapore-Changi, Los Angeles, London-Heathrow) 131-2
- Code F (Bangkok) 131-2
Airports
- capacity constrained 133
- Hong Kong 85-6
- Los Angeles 133
- London-Heathrow 131-2
- Noumea 132
- Sydney 131-2
- Singapore-Changi 131-2
Air Transat flight TS236, 190
alcohol, culture 80
Alternate Law 207-208, 240, 348
announcement, preflight, safety 46
Ansett 77, 79
- ANA 10
- Gibbes, Peter 77
Apollo
- Command module 118
- Lunar Lander module 118
Ariel Red Hunter 16
Armstrong, Neil
- Armstrong Spiral 172
Army, Australian 80
Australian National Airways (ANA) 10, 11
automation
- 747-400 100
- complacency 102
- ignorance 102
- mindless 102
- FBW pilots as system operators 120
auto thrust
- failed 160
Auxillary Power Unit (APU)
- inflight start 186
“aviate, navigate, communicate”
- aviate 6, 163
B
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Batam, fallout 177
ballooning
- Ballooning Society 15
- Claude Champion de Crespigny 14
Bartels, Captain John 27
Bedouin 67-9
Big Jets, book 137
bird (strike) 146
Birkill, Captain Peter 121
Black Swan event 304
body model
- rebuilding 29
briefing
- preflight 146
Boeing 116
Bubbles 77
bulldozer 1
Burkill, Captain Peter 121
Butterworth 45
C
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
cabin
- lighting 186
calm 65
Camera, fin mounted 182, 183
Cant, Graeme 98
Career choices
- Airbus A330 111
- passing up 737 & 767 command opportunities 110
Caribou 35, 37
Carter, Paul 81
Dave ‘Cass’ Cassebohm 45
Cathay Pacific 79, 84
Central Flying School (CFS) 79-80
certification, aircraft (EASA and FAA part 25)
- engine failures 150
Cessna
- 310, crash 8
change
- not be afraid of 96
Champion de Crespigny
- Alexander (Son) 15, 107
- Christopher (Brother) 16, 18
- Air Commodore Claude (Great Uncle) 8
- Claude 12, 13
- Sir Claude 14
- Coral (wife) 63, 70
- Sinai 72
- Norway 73
- marriage 75, 81
- Newcastle 76
- Brisbane 77
- Paddington 83
- proposal 81
- Reverend Heaton 13
- family history 12
- Dr Frank (Grandfather) 9
- Squadron Leader Humphrey (Uncle) 8
- Mariea (WSM) 11
- Michael (Brother) 16
- Patricia (Mother) 11, 18-19, 25-26, 26, 30
- Peter (Father) 9, 18
- Simon (Brother) 16, 20
- Sophia (Daughter) 109
- Air Vice Marshal H.V. ‘Vivian’ (Great Uncle) 7
checklists
choir 20
Civil Aviation Regulations
- Pilot-In-Command (PIC) 141
Cleary, Peter (Stork) 33, 36
clutch 18
CNN 178
coffin corner 100
conductor, teamwork 154
confidence 33, 137
Compaq 107
complacency 3, 6
conversion course
- B747 to A330 111-2
courses – stress 113
Cowen, Sir Zelman 31, 48, 52
Crisis Centre, Qantas 175
- Roz Wheatley 178
- “Confirm OPS normal?” 179
crew list ix
Crew Resource Management (CRM)
- augmented crews, danger of 168
- distractions 168
- group think 168
- Raising Concern (STOP!)
- climb to 10,000′ 171
- Faulty fuel checklist 190
- Mark – “I think we missed something” 191
- task sharing during QF32 168-9
- if we look up, you look down 169
- tunnel vison 168
Crockett, Murray 112, 115
D
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
damage (QF32) 5
Dance of the Ailerons 129
Davies, DP 79
death rates
- FBW vs Non-FBW 121
decision making
- Ramp 144
de Crespigny
- see Champion de Crespigny
- de Crespigny Smiley, Colonel David 15
declaration ix
Direct Law 206-207, 252, 260, 348
distractions
- takeoff, preventing 152
dux, poisoned chalice 32
- Wylie, Chris 81
E
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ECAM (Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitoring)
- (see also: FLY! – Index, ECAM)
- Action, questioning whether to/not:
- “NO!” 190, 200-2
- Yes 200-202
- Armstrong Spiral 173
- aural “attention getting” alerts 217, 266
- checklist count 157, 253, 303
- checklists 130, 162
- takeoff 156
- checklists, wrong
- “ECAM Actions” 161
- “ECAM Armageddon” 183, 196, 203, 217-8, 268, 280
- definition 122, 156-7, 162
- design 122
- displays
- ALERTS IMPACTING LDG PERF 225
- redundant systems (failed) 224
- system overview 219
- doubts about 195, 197
- fatigue 218, 224-5, 230
- fuel 185
- inhibitions 157
- invert the logic 198
- limitations 194
- logic
- verify first before actioning 217
- ignore 195
- illogical 194, 212
- sensible 185
- wrong 190, 200
- overwhelming 164, 167, 173-5, 203, 252
- phases 214, 218-9, 223, 266
- QF32, checklists 162-4
- Priorities: engines, hydraulics, flight controls, then fuel 164
- CG OUT OF LIMITS FOR LANDING 194
- ENG 2 FIRE 162, 188, 322
- ENG 2 TURBINE OVHT 162, 322
- F/CTL ALTN LAW 208
- fuel computers reset 197
- FUEL: NORM+ALTN XFR FAULT 191
- FUEL: WINGS NOT BALANCED 190, 196
- HYD SYS PRESS LO 200-2
- RAT OUT 252
- prioritising 179, 199, 204, 211
- sensors (250,000) 157
- threat and error management 212, 215, 218
- won’t shut up 217, 266
- workflow 168
- “XX”, no data 172
Eccles, Andrew 140, 183
EICAS (Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System) 100
ego 91, 142
Egypt 59, 61,66
Electrical
- Ram Air Turbine 186
- Wires cut 186
Electrocution 29
El Gorah 66, 71
emergency, calm
- Pickhaver, John (Frankfurt) 102
Enders, Tom
- inital notification 177
engine (QF32)
- “buzz saw” / “lawnmower” 105
- explosion 4, 105
- failures 45
- Pickhaver, John (Frankfurt) 102
- Tainton, Warwick (Frankfurt) 104-5
- failure rates 102
- fire 45
engine failures
- rate 324
Engines (generic)
- failure rate 150
- P&W JT9 87
- Rolls-Royce Trent 900 (see Rolls-Royce)
engineers 27
- benifit of engineering later in life 33
English Channel 14
errors
- medical 25
Evans, Bill 1
Evans, Captain David 131, 140-2
experience 140
F
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Failure, me
- bicycle, teeth 20
- charges 19
- electrocution 28
- engine failures 102
- see lessons
- not be afraid of 96
- Patricia de Crespigny (medical error) 25
Fighter pilots, ego 76
Fijians 68-70
flies, landing on the ceiling 73
flight controls
- Boeing vs Airbus 116
- controls 116-7
- see Fly-By-Wire
- secondary effects 85
flight control computers 119
- Alternate Law 207-208, 240, 348
- Direct Law 206-207, 252, 260, 348
- Normal Law 206-207
Fly-By-Wire (FBW)
- A320 118
- A380 119
- Airbus 111
- Airbus, creating 117
- Alternate Law 207-208, 240, 348
- Apollo Command & Lunar Lander modules 118
- B777 118
- benefits 118
- Concorde 118
- critics, of 119
- Dance of the Ailerons 129
- Direct Law 206-207, 252, 260, 348
- engine failure, response 120
- F-16 118
- F-18 118
- Normal Law 206-207
- pilots are systems operators 120
- research 118
- saving lives
- BA Flight 38, London Heathrow 121
- US Airways flight 1549 123-4
- sidestick 119
flying
- “fly the nipple” 34
- formation 33-4
- muscle memory 136
- spinning 1
Ford
- Coral (see Champion de Crespigny, Coral)
- Roy (father in law) 16
forming, teamwork 29, 140-2 (see Teamwork)
Fox, Ross 81
Fraser, Malcolm 51-57
Fuel
- 106.7t preflight 144-6
- 72t landing 270
- 105t takeoff 188
- 747 – fuel costs 92
- auto ignition 270
- componments
- FQMS 189
- tanks 189
- decision making 144-6, 187
- ECAM 173-4, 185-6, 190-2, 194-201
- efficiency 319
- energy density 270
- engine 3 – running out 279
- fire 188
- Flow (takeoff) 152
- Failures 164, 167, 187-9, 170-2, 194-7, 305
- Flashpoint 270
- imbalance 193
- Inverting Logic 198
- Jettison 103, 189, 204, 307
- Leaks
- air 184, 187-8, 196
- ground 270-282, 287-90, 304
- maintenance area 323
- master switch 162
- mismanagement 167
- Air Transat TS236 190
- ordering 142-4,
- slipping On 271
- statistics 208, 345-6, 351
- STOP! 201
- tanks (damage) 194, 322
- transfering 282-3
Fuel Pumps
- damaged 164
Fysh, Sir Hudson 10
G
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Geelong Grammar 9
Gibbes, Peter 77
- Trixy and Bubbles 77
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) 87
- Not on B737 and B767 136
Government House, Canberra 47
- reason to leave RAAF 57
Grange Hermitage 50
Grieve, Nerilie 130
Group Think 168
H
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
“Handling the Big Jets” 79
Hawke, Bob 53-57
Hayden, Bill 52-57
height, safety 143
helicopter
- conversion 61
- loss of control 64-5
- mast bump 62
Hicks, Matt 140
- “just don’t crash” 147
- turn back to Changi 165
High Frequency (HF) 89-90
Holyman, Sir Ivan 10
Hong Kong 85-6
Human Factors
- see Crew Resource Management
Hyles, Georgie 63
I
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
IGS approach, Hong Kong 85
Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) 87-8
intercom
- damaged 179
intuition 105
invert the logic 197-8
Israel 61, 66
J
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Jeffreys, Rick 81
Jerusalem 71
Johnson, Mark 140, 183, 185
K
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Kai Tak airport 85
Kangaroo Route 134
Kerr, Sir John 52
Kidney (failure) 25
Konterud, Harry 73
L
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
La Lovie, France 7
Lambretta scooter 18
landing
- fees, airport 92
- Caribou STOL approaches 1000′ airstrips 246
Lara Airport 9
leadership 43
- Pickhaver, John (calm) 102
learning
- A330 Command Course 114
- bottom up vs top down 114, 123
- study 136
lessons
- see failure
- Fraser’s mistake 57
- leadership 43
- personalities 51, 52
- politicians 58
- politics 51
- QF32 (lessons learned) (Web Links)
- responsibility 43
- trust 44
lightning, strike 90
Lockheed 116
luck 28, 33
M
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Mackelmann, Craig 80-1
Mallett, Ian 48
marriage 80
McAllister, Stuart 58-59, 77
McDonnell Douglas 116
Melbourne Grammar 16, 26-7
Mental Model 185
military (see RAAF)
mines 67, 72
Moses, Valley of 68, 72
motor cycles 17-18, 21
- Ariel Red Hunter 16
- confidence 33, 123
- Lambretta scooter 18
Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) 59, 61, 66
muscle memory 136
myopia, low-light 92
N
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Walton, Nancy-Bird 152
navigation
- Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) 87
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS) 87
- sextant 89
- water bottle 135
navigators 28
New Guinea 40
- Tarpini 41-2 86
Nile 72
no-contact (sterile, cockpit) 152
Normal Law 206-207
Normandy 12, 130
norming, teamwork 142-4 (see Teamwork)
Norway 73
Noumea 132
O
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Ogilvie, Frank 137
Omaha Beach 12, 130
P
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
paint, A380 145
Page, Russell 81
PAN (radio call) 163
Parachuting 43
Passchendaele 7
passengers
- calm 180
- drunken 147
passion 27-8
Penklis, Captain Mark 128
performing, teamwork (see Teamwork)
personality
- know your limits 116
Pickhaver, Captain John 102
pilot
- personalities 167
- reluctant to bid for new aircraft 94-5
- “seagulls” 94
- seniority 93
- task sharing during QF32 168
Piper Turbo Arrow (VH-SOI) 10
Point Cook, Victoria 1, 24
Police
- travel from aircraft to terminal 293
Ponderosa, the 16, 28
Poperinghe, France 7
Post Traumatic Stress
- Crying 314
- Looping 315
- Patricia de Crespigny 26
- Post Crisis Management 313
- Psychologist 314
Pratt & Whitney 38
Princehorn, Captain David
Public Address
- Dave Evans, turning back to Singapore 170
Q
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Airline Service) 10
- my career 77
- Crisis Centre 175, 314
- Fysh, Sir Hudson 10
- Integrated Operations Centre (IOC) 175
- actions during QF32 175
- 1986 83
QF30 27
QF32 (alphabetically
- damage 4, 170
- 21/22 systems 187
- CG control 187
- cowling
- engines 172, 184
- engine 1 189
- fuel 184
- jettison 189
- leaks 189
- schrapnel 187
- turbine disk 177
- wing 184
- decisions
- land ASAP or continue 188
- lessons 6
- teamwork 5
- weights
- fuel 144
- loadsheet 150
- take-off 144, 152
QF32 (chronologically)
- teamwork, forming 140-2
- teamwork 5
- 09:57 am takeoff 153-5
- 10:01 am BOOM! 158
- “ECAM Actions” 162
- 10:02 am Pan Call 163
- 10:08 turn back to Singapore hold 169
- 10:13 “Singapore QF32 we have to climb to a higher altitude of 10,000 and we’d like to remain within 40nm of the airport, no we’d like to remain within 30nm of the airport” 171
- 10:14 Qantas share price collapses 178
- 10:17 Enter holding pattern 187
- 10:29 Engine parts reported fallen over Batam 178
R
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
RAAF (see Royal Australian Air Force)
Rabuka, Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni (Steve) 70
radio
- High Frequency (HF) 89-90
- Very High Frequency (VHF) 89
Ram Air Turbine (RAT) 186
research
- accidents 111
- Big Jets book 354
- engine failures, rate 324
- Fly-by-Wire aircraft 118
responsibility 43
- aircraft and passengers 147
- Pilot-In-Command (PIC) 141
- Fuel Order 143
risk
- RAAF Academy 32
Rolls-Royce
- Derby, visit 137
- Trent 900 87
- damage 164
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1
- 107 Pilots’ Course 33
- 28 Academy course 23, 28, 31-32
- 38 Squadron 35, 39, 58
- 5 Squadron 61, 63
- 6 Squadron 31, 78-9
- 76 Squadron 76
- Academy tour 24
- alcohol, culture 80
- Caribous 37
- Central Flying School (CFS) 79-80
- Introductory Fighter Course 75
- Peter de Crespigny 10
- Point Cook, 24, 29
- RAAF Base Fairbairn 80
routes
- Kangaroo Route 134
- meteorological considerations 134
Route Check 108
Rowlandson, Alan 178
Royal Australian Navy 76-7
Royalty (The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Diana) 51
S
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Sinai Peninsula 107
sand storms 68
security
- swear word 32-3
- no such thing 96
seniority 93
Short Takeoff & Landing (STOL) 39
simulators 139
sidestick 119
Sinai 61, 67-8
skills
- machinery 33
- navigation @ 100′ 40
- New Guinea 41
- hands-on flying 39
Social Media
- see twitter
Skiles, Jeffrey 124
Special Air Service (SAS) 43
spinning 1, 9
stability 62
stalling 1
sterile (cockpit) 157, 161
St Moritz Tobogganing Club (Cresta) 15
Stephen, Sir Ninian 49, 52-57
sterile, cockpit 152
STOP! 148, 190, 201
storming, teamwork 149 (see Teamwork)
Stress
- see Post Traumatic Stress
- courses 113
- exhaustion 115
- take a break 115
- time 145
study 136
Strambi, Lyell 176
StyleCraft 10
Success 49
Sullenberger, Captain Chesley (Sully)
-
- US Airways flight 1549 123-4
Sullivan, Captain Kevin
- Engine Failure, Melbourne 159-60
surge (engine) 158
T
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
TAA 79
Tainton, Captain Warwick 104
Take-Off (9:57 am)
- engine actions 152-4
- QF32 150-2
- Tarpini 42
- “V1, Vr, Rotate” 153
Tarpini 41-2, 86
TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) 90
teamwork (alphabetically)
- adjourning
- conductor, leader as 154
- forming 29, 39, 140-2
- military training 29
- norming 142-4
- performing
- storming 147-9
teamwork (chronologically)
- forming 29, 140-2
- norming 142-4
- storming 147-9
- performing
- adjourning
The Flying Kneepad 107
thunderstorms 135
time
- watch, I don’t wear 145
training
- simulators 139
- Route Check 142
- Toulouse 127-8
- engine 4
- see Rolls-Royce
- takeoff statistics 150
Toulouse 127, 130
Traffic Collision and Avoidance System (TCAS) 90
trauma (see Post Traumatic Stress)
trust 44
turbine disk
- fractured 177
Twitter, initial tweets 177
U
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
unexpected 66
V
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Verneau, Pascal 128
Very High Frequency (VHF) 89
Vierville-sur-Mer 12, 130
Vietnam 37
Volcano 142
Von Reth, Michael 147
- ä thousand marbles” 180
- broken intercom 181
- control of worrying passengers 181
W
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Walton, Nancy-Bird 130
Warfield, Murray 84
Wasiliev, John 82
watch 145
Wellesley, Long 13
Westwood, Captain Geoff 97
Whitlam, Gough 52
Wilson, Peter 176
Winjeel 1
Wombat Airlines 37
WSM 12
Wubben, Captain Harry 139, 147
Wylie, Chris 81
X
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Y
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