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2015 ARCHIVES
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JANUARY
1
SAILPLANE ACCIDENT NEAR BENALLA IN VICTORIA CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
2
ULTRALIGHT SEA-PLANE HEAVY LANDING IN MORETON BAY DISASTROUS
SOVIET ERA YAK-18 IN FORCED LANDING NEAR JACOBS WELL IN S-E QLD
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DELTA JET - LOCATION NOT SPECIFIED
3
KYNETON PILOT ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY AFTER LANDING CRASH
4
SEARCH NEAR WOLLONGONG FOR MISSING WEDDERBURN ULTRALIGHT
WEDDERBURN ULTRALIGHT ULTRALIGHT LOCATED - PILOT DECEASED
PILOT TO CARRY OUT CRASH INVESTIGATION INTO FATAL SPITFIRE ACCIDENT
FEBRUARY
1
RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT SURVIVES KIT-BUILT VANS RV-7A TAKE-OFF CRASH IN SA
2
SEARCH LOCATES 2-PILOTS IN TWO MISSING ULTRALIGHTS DECEASED IN FNQ
STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR ESCAPE INJURY AFTER ROBBO BITES-THE-DUST
PILOT UNINJURED IN RV-6A EMERGENCY LANDING AT WONDAI IN QLD
3
STUDENT PILOT IMPACTS FENCE AT ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT IN QLD
4
ENSTROM HELICOPTER CRASH LANDS ON DECEPTION BAY BEACH
ROBBO HELICOPTER CRASH LANDS AT ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT
ARCHERFIELD PILOTS DELIVER SUPPLIES TO DROUGHT 'N FLOODED COMMUNITIES
R-44 HELICOPTERS GROUNDED IN OZ AFTER BLADE FAILURE IN KIWI LAND
MARCH
1
UNSUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING FOR 1942 RYAN IN 'TURN-BACK' AFTER TAKE-OFF
2
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - FRENCH HOME-BUILT JODEL STUCK ON SKI SLOPES
3
PROFESSIONAL PILOT KILLED DURING CROPDUSTER OPS NEAR MORTLAKE IN VIC
CHOPPER RESCUES RESCUE CHOPPER AND ULTRALIGHT CREWS AT LAKE EYRE
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - CESSNA AT CARNARVON AIRPORT AFTER CYCLONE OLWYN
4
MICROLIGHT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER CRASH INTO OCEAN AT NOOSA
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - CESSNA PLAYING 'HIDE 'N SEEK' IN KIWI LAND
APRIL
1
JABIRU ENGINE FAILURES PERSIST - TWO POB ESCAPE INJURY IN NSW
SKYJIB UAV BITES-THE-TURF WATCHING CRICKET FINALS IN MELBOURNE
2
MATURE AGE ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT TOORADIN
FATAL MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH AT RIVER GLEN DUNDEE IN NSW
FATAL MICROLIGHT CRASH IN SOUTH OZ - HELICOPTER CRASH IN FNQ
LIGHT AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING AT MOORABBIN CLAIMS TWO AIRCRAFT
LAKE EYRE SEAREY ULTRALIGHT RECOVERY ATTEMPT FAILS
3
WRECKAGE OF MISSING JABIRU LOCATED NEAR WOOLOOGA
4
MICROLIGHT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT AT TOODYAY IN WA
NASA GAS BALLOON EMERGENCY LANDING IN OUTBACK OZ
MAY
1
CESSNA 210 EMERGENCY LANDING ON APPROACH TO BROOME IN WEST OZ
WARTIME SERVICE SPITFIRE UP FOR AUCTION IN UK AFTER REBUILD
2
SEARCH FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT REPORTED CRASHED INTO SEA OFF STRADDIE
ULTRALIGHT LOCATED - SOLO PILOT FOUND DECEASED
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - USA STUDENT PILOTS CLASH ON TAXIWAY
3
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - 60 SEAT PASSENGER PROP-JET IN RUNWAY OVER-RUN
4
R22 HELICOPTER PILOT KILLED IN CENTRAL QLD AFTER TAIL ROTOR CLIPS TREE
MICROLIGHT PILOT KILLED IN CRASH AT LOVEDALE IN NSW
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - ANSETT FLYING BOATS AT LORD HOWE ISLAND 1970's
JUNE
1
OWNER OF ABANDONED SEAPLANE AT PATONGA BEACH IN NSW SOLVED
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT ON WORLD FLIGHT
2
PILOT INJURED IN REPLICA TIGER MOTH CRASH AT ELWOMPLE IN SOUTH OZ
QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AWARDS HONOUR AVIATORS DICK SMITH & CHRIS SPEROU
PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVE C150 FORCED LANDING AT WARNERVALE
3
BRISBANE FOG - PILOTS AND CONTROLLERS WORK "LIKE DROVERS DOGS"
R22 HELICOPTER CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF NT CATTLE STATION OWNER
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - AIRBUS ELECTRIC-POWERED PILOT TRAINER
4
SPACEX ROCKET FOR ISS REPLENISHMENT EXPLODES AFTER LIFT-OFF
PILOT DIES AFTER MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH AT BYRON BAY AIRSTRIP
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - REMEMBERING AIRCRAFT DESIGNS OF 70-YEARS AGO
JULY
1
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - NORTHROP 'RUDDERLESS' FLYING WING DESIGN
2
PITTS SPECIAL PILOT KILLED DURING AEROBATICS SESSION NEAR MAITLAND
MA ULTRALIGHT PILOT DIES DURING TAKE-OFF ATTEMPT AT LETHBRIDGE
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - LIGHT AIRCRAFT CONTEMPLATING RETIREMENT CONCEPT
3
AIRCRAFT CRASH AT WEDDERBURN KILLS FEMALE RECREATIONAL PILOT
CASA REGULATIONS DESTROYING ONCE VIABLE AVIATION ENTERPRISES
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - HARVARDS WATER-SKIING IN SOUTH AFRICA CIRCA 2006
4
HIGH-TIME HELICOPTER PILOT KILLED IN CICARE ROTARY-WING CRASH IN WA
CHEROKEE SIX TAKES TO THE DRINK AFTER PILOT'S LOSS OF CONTROL
PILOT OF HOME-BUILT ULTRALIGHT INJURED IN TAKE-OFF CRASH AT SERPENTINE
IMAGE OTW - 49 HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT FORMATION - STADIUM OVERFLY
AUGUST
1
AG-CAT PILOT SURVIVES CROP-DUSTER CRASH SOUTH OF CANBERRA
BUSH PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING IN REMOTE AREA OF WEST OZ
VIDEO - WITTMAN AIRPORT 2015 - LARGEST AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS IN WORLD
2
GYROCOPTER SNAGS POWER-LINE AT WARNEET IN VICTORIA
VIDEO - WATER ASSISTED SHORT LANDING IN REMOTE AREAS
3
BEECH BONANZA ENGINE FAILURE AT SOUTHPORT AIRSTRIP
VIDEO - BEAVER NON-AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE WATERLESS TAKE-OFF
4
REPLICA SPITFIRE DAMAGED IN TAKE-OFF CRASH AT TOOGOOLAWAH FLY-IN
LATEST AVIATION IMAGE 'DOING-THE-ROUNDS' OF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
PILOT SURVIVES UNSCATHED AFTER CATASTROPHIC LOW LEVEL FAILURE
SEPTEMBER
1
RUSSIAN YAK-9 WARBIRD FLIPS AFTER LANDING AT TYABB IN VICTORIA
STING ULTRALIGHT USED IN DRUG TRADE IMPOUNDED AT DENILIQUIN
FATAL CATASTROPHIC LOW LEVEL FAILURE DURING AEROBATICS PRACTICE
2
FEMALE STUDENT PILOT KILLED IN SOLO TRAINING EXERCISE IN VICTORIA
RARE WARTIME SERVICE SPITFIRE DAMAGED IN FORCED LANDING IN UK
3
SR22 CIRRUS DEMOLISHED IN LANDING ACCIDENT NEAR MOREE
ENGINE EXPLOSION DURING TAKE-OFF WRECKS BRITISH AIRWAYS JET IN LA
4
MYER FAMILY CORPORATE JET DAMAGED IN ABORTED TAKE-OFF AT LISMORE
POMS CELEBRATE NOSTALGIC BATTLE-OF-BRITAIN WIN OF 75 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER
1
DROP-ZONE CESSNA IN EMERGENCY LANDING IN SOUTH OZ'S VICTORIA PARK
JABIRU PILOT ESCAPES INJURY AFTER FORCED LANDING IN SOUTH OZ
VIDEO-OF-THE-MONTH - GREEN LIGHT FOR EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROAD
2
IMAGE OF THE WEEK - ENGLAND TO OZ FLIGHT RECREATION OF 85-YEARS AGO
3
ALICE SPRINGS AERO CLUB CESSNA IN WHEELS-UP LANDING IN THE NT
68-YEARS AGO CHUCK YEAGER BREAKS SOUND-BARRIER FOR THE FIRST TIME
4
PILOT UNINJURED IN HOME-BUILT FORCED LANDING NEAR KATHERINE
PILOT UNINJURED IN HOME-BUILT PRANG AT PORT LINCOLN IN SOUTH OZ
MATURE AGE PILOT INJURED IN HOME-BUILT PRANG NEAR COFFS HARBOUR
CATALINA RESTORATION GROUP DESPERATE FOR PERMIT-TO-FLY FUNDS
NOVEMBER
1
AIRBUS PASSENGER JET CRASH OVER SINAI PENINSULA CLAIMS 224 LIVES
IMAGE - ANOTHER PASSENGER JET ON FIRE BEFORE TAKE-OFF
2
R22 HELICOPTER PILOT INJURED DURING MUSTERING OPS IN THE NT
CESSNA CPL PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING AT SANDERS BEACH IN FNQ
HELICOPTER CRASH IN HUNTER VALLEY CLAIMS THREE LIVES
FATAL GYROCOPTER CRASH AT TYRONE STATION NEAR CHARLEVILLE
PILOT KILLED IN CRASH OF TWIN-ENGINE CESSNA AFTER POWER-LINE STRIKE
3
PILOT UNINJURED AFTER JABIRU ENGINE FAILURE NEAR OAKEY IN QLD
4
FATAL ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT WOODSTOCK IN FNQ
SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN FLIGHT FOR RUTAN DESIGNED 2-SEAT AMPHIBIAN
DECEMBER
1
PILOT UNINJURED IN ANOTHER 'LOSS-OF-CONTROL' ISSUE AT VIC FLY-IN
2
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2015
3
ANNIVERSARY OF HEAVIER-THAN-AIR CONTROLLED POWERED FLIGHT
4
FATAL DH-82 TIGER MOTH CRASH AT NORWELL NORTH OF GOLD COAST
ELON MUSK'S SPACEX ROCKET LANDS SUCCESSFULLY AFTER LAUNCH
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