It appears that China now wants to get serious about light aircraft for its constituents and to this end it has purchased Cirrus aircraft manufacturing at Duluth in Minnesota



The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) records have less than 100 privately-owned aircraft existing on mainland China in sharp contrast to the 200,000 machines in the United States of America



"Cirrus has delivered nearly 5,000 new piston airplanes over the past decade and for the last nine years in a row the Cirrus SR22 family of aircraft has been the best-selling four-place aircraft in the world"

A single-engine Mooney with only the pilot on board had the nose-wheel collapse after landing at Perth's secondary airport Jandakot - Australia's busiest airport (2009) by aircraft movements - at around 1330hrs local time



"Police and firefighters rushed to the airport to provide assistance but left once it become clear the man and the plane were safe"



A similar type of accident happened at Archerfield back in 1999 - click this paragraph to view report "Runway Drama"

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinators of a search for a 1970 Aero Commander - flown by the chief pilot of Cairns-based Amity Airways 37-year-old Brant Aldhamland who failed to arrive at Horn Island in the Torres Strait around 0800hrs last Thursday - has not been located



Also not located by the AMSA are the two persons on board a light aircraft missing on a flight from the Oaks to Pooncarie in western New South Wales on February 5^th