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AirCentre News     February 2001

Week One
Highlighting the Importance of Situational Awareness
Is the Heavy Jet Industry heading for a Disaster ?

Ansett Forced to Ground Another Boeing 767 on Australia Day - Boeing 777 Jet Aborts Take-Off at Melbourne's Tullermarine Airport - Situation Awareness Comments - Wombat Awareness and Stress Tolerance Measurement Program - Qantas Relocating the Mascot Jet Base to Brisbane

Week Two
Mass Media Attention on Air Safety
Aviation Heavies Throwing Their Weight About

QANTAS Flight Aborting Take-Off at Charles De Gaulle airport - OZ News Media and Light Aircraft Safety Reports - Archerfield's DC4 with a Freight Run to Norfolk Island - Aviation Trader "Classified Ads" with 3 Hangars for Sale by AF Owners - Sunday Mail Editorial on the Recent Spate of Light Aircraft Accidents

Week Three
OZ 'Oldies' to the Rescue
Dad's Air Force Called in to Keep the RAAF Airborne

RAAF to Employ "Mature Age" Former Military Pilots and Technicians - Amberley Emergency Standby with a Lockheed P-3C Orion - Another new Cirrus Aircraft Arrives on the 'Field - How the OZ Government Spends $200m in the Pursuit of a Non-Existent Aerodrome

Week Four
Air Show Practice Claims Another Aircraft
Experienced Kiwi Military Pilot Lost at Nowra Air Base

QANTAS in Trouble Again at Bangkok - CASA and Preferential Treatment - Flight Simulator Business Main Terminal Archerfield - New Zealand Air Force A-4K Skyhawk Plugged Barrel Roll Accident

Private Pilots are an Endangered Human Species in Australia from Lack of Support by Authorities