Civil Aviation Safety Authority

  • Don’t push the safety envelope

    Don’t push the safety envelope

    A new safety education campaign by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority puts the spotlight on the many pressures placed on pilots when contemplating, planning and conducting a flight. At a seminar next week, pilots will learn about not flying beyond the edges of their personal limits. This is vital as about 80 per cent of…

  • The price of fun: CASA fines for drone activity at Kyneton reservoir

    The price of fun: CASA fines for drone activity at Kyneton reservoir

    Fun has come with a high price tag for two men fined over a daring drone fishing stunt at Upper Coliban Reservoir, Kyneton, last year. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has issued nearly $4000 in fines for aiding and abetting unlawful drone flight following a four-month investigation and two house raids. Project leader, Sunbury local…