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2015 ARCHIVES
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FEBRUARY
MARCH
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MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

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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