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2017
DECEMBER
1
 RESPECTED JOURNALIST TRASHES ATSB OVER SLOW AVIATION INCIDENT REPORTS
2
 AVIATION ACCIDENT STATS FLATLINE IN 2017 FOR BOTH HEAVY & LIGHT AIRCRAFT
3
 PILOT & INSTRUCTOR ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY AFTER CRASH AT BENDIGO
4
 DRIFTER ULTRALIGHT ON THE BEACH FOR A SURFERS PARADISE HOLIDAY
 RETIRED PILOTS TO HELP SANTA WITH PRESENTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE

NOVEMBER
1
 ISLANDS OFF OZ CLAIM 2 AIRCRAFT IN 8-DAY PERIOD - KINGAIR & CHEROKEE-6
2
 CASA -vs- HOCH COURT HEARING ADJOURNED YET AGAIN - NOW NOVEMBER 22
 FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH AT HOBART AIRPORT DURING TRAINING EXERCISE

3
 LOSS-OF-CONTROL ISSUE CLAIMS TRAINING CESSNA AT DENILIQUIN
4
 TWO ESCAPE ULTRALIGHT TRAINER CRASH LANDING AT MOORABBIN AIRPORT
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR ZOO IN SOUTH OZ
 CASA -vs- HOCH IN MT ISA COURT OVER ILLEGAL CHARTER OPERATIONS

OCTOBER
1
 BEECH KING-AIR IN LANDING MISHAP AT ESSENDON AIRPORT IN MELBOURNE
 LIFE OF MATURE AGE GLIDER PILOT LOST IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT BENALLA

2
 GLIDER PILOT DIES AFTER LOSS-OF-CONTROL AND TERRAIN IMPACT IN QLD
3
 THREE KILLED IN SKYDIVE ACCIDENT AT MISSION BEACH IN FNQ
4
 2 DEAD IN PRIVATE CESSNA 310 TWIN CRASH NEAR TAREE IN NSW
 1 DEAD IN PRIVATE CESSNA 210B CRASH IN WA NATIONAL PARK NEAR ALBANY
 2 DEAD IN CHARTERED CESSNA 210 CRASH AT HOWARD SPRINGS NEAR DARWIN

SEPTEMBER
1
 BIRDSVILLE RACES - LIGHT AIRCRAFT MECCA FOR PILOTS AND PASSENGERS
2
 MATURE AGE PILOT ABORTS TAKE-OFF INVERTS ULTRALIGHT NORTH OF MUDGEE
 TWO SURVIVE NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT WITH ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF

3
 TWO SURVIVE FORCED LANDING NEAR HOXTON PARK AFTER ENGINE FAILURE
 LOSS-OF-CONTROL CLAIMS TWO LIVES IN GLIDER CRASH WEST OF TOOWOOMBA

4
 FLYING INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT KILLED DURING TRAINING EXERCISE IN QLD
AUGUST
1
 ONE OF TWO SURVIVES ULTRALIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING S-E OF MELBOURNE
 UPDATE - 19-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG STUDENT PILOT DIES FROM INJURIES
 POWER-LINES CLAIM HELICOPTER AND PILOT NEAR CLONCURRY IN CENTRAL QLD

2
 FOUR SURVIVE LANDING CRASH AT CALOUNDRA ON QLD'S SUNSHINE COAST
3
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4
 WIFE OF MOUNT ISA CHARTER PILOT TO BE CHARGED WITH FRAUD
 EMERGENCY NIGHT LANDING FOR PILOT OF PIPER CHIEFTAIN AT BANKSTOWN
JULY
1
 DENIS BEAHAN AWAITS LEGAL OUTCOME AFTER SURVIVING ATTACK IN 2014
 FOKKER TRIPLANE REPLICA OUT-LANDS INTO PRODUCE FARM AT GATTON

2
 FOG AT BRISBANE AIRPORT FORCES INBOUND TRAFFIC TO SYDNEY
3
 TWO KILLED IN CRASH THAT DESTROYED RARE WW2 P51D MUSTANG IN USA
 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IMPACTS WING OF PILOT TRAINER AIRCRAFT

4
 OZ SPACE-AGENCY REBIRTH AFTER MEGA-$$$-BUCKS CONSUMED A DECADE AGO
 TRIO INVOLVED IN OZ DRUG BUST USING CESSNA ARRESTED BY AUTHORITIES

JUNE
1
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2
 HIGHWAY FUEL STOP EXPENSIVE FOR JABIRU PILOT IN THE NT
 "AUSTRALIAN AVIATION HALL OF FAME" WEB-SITE SUSPENDED
 FOXBAT ULTRALIGHT PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING ACCIDENT NEAR TAMWORTH

3
 PROFESSIONAL PILOT KILLED IN CROP-DUSTER ACCIDENT IN NSW'S WEST
 FOG CLAIMS LIFE OF C172 PILOT AT BROOKLET IN NSW'S NORTH

4
 THREE KILLED IN FOG-AFFECTED ANGEL FLIGHT AT MT GAMBIER IN SOUTH OZ
 TRAINEE GYROCOPTER PILOT SURVIVES HEAVY LANDING CRASH AT ILLAWARRA

MAY
1
 TWO SURVIVE UNINJURED AFTER HOME-BUILT ENGINE FAILURE AT CABOOLTURE
2
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3
 SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING AIRCRAFT NEAR MURWILLUMBAH IN NSW
4
 FLIGHT CHECK FOR CHARTER OPERATOR ROSSAIR ENDS IN DISASTER
 PRIVATE ROCKET LAUNCH FROM NEW SITE IN KIWI-LAND

APRIL
1
 REMNANTS OF T-C DEBBIE INUNDATE NORTHERN RIVERS DISTRICT IN NSW
 ADVERSE WEATHER CLAIMS TOOWOOMBA HELICOPTER

2
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3
 PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVE PA28 ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF
4
 TRAINING FLIGHT IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT
 TWO SURVIVE INVERSION OF HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT AT GATTON AIRPARK

MARCH
1
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING NEAR TUMUT IN NSW
 PILOT DECEASED AFTER CRASH OUTSIDE DEVONPORT AERO CLUB

2
 WARTIME PILOT'S EFFORTS FOR GENERAL AVIATION INDUSTRY IN OZ WASTED
 OAKS AIRPORT PILOT KILLED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH

3
 PILOT SURVIVES LANDING CRASH AT BUNBURY AIRPORT IN WEST OZ
 TWO SURVIVE BELL HELICOPTER CRASH INTO WATER NEAR CURTIS IS.
 REX REGIONAL PROP-JET HAS PROPELLER ASSEMBLY DEPART MID-FLIGHT

4
 CYCLONE DEBBIE TAKES OUT 47-YEAR-OLD CESSNA AT BOWEN AIRPORT
FEBRUARY
1
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2
 CESSNA 210P ENGINE FAILS ON FINAL APPROACH TO MILDURA AIRPORT IN VIC
3
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4
 TWO SURVIVE PIPER PA-28 FORCED LANDING IN LATROBE VALLEY VICTORIA
 FIVE FEARED DEAD IN BEECH B200 SUPER KING AIR CRASH AT ESSENDON

JANUARY
1
 TWO MEN SURVIVE ULTRALIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING INTO CANE PADDOCK
 PILOT & PASSENGER INJURED AFTER AIRCRAFT INVERTS ON LANDING IN FNQ
 AIRCENTRE NEWS DESK WISHERS ALL READERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2017

2
 TOURIST DIES AND 3 INJURED AFTER EMERGENCY LANDING ON QLD COAST
 AEROPRAKT FOXBAT VIXXEN IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MOORABBIN
 STORY OF THE WEEK - B-52 IN-FLIGHT ENGINE LOSS IN NORTH DAKOTA USA

3
 PIPER PA-28 FORCE LANDS INTO ALMOND GROVE IN SOUTH OZ  MIDAIR AT BENALLA CHAMPS - TWO PILOTS 'HIT-THE-SILK' AND SURVIVE
4
 GRUMMAN MALLARD LOST - 2 KILLED IN CRASH INTO SWAN RIVER IN WEST OZ
 JUNIOR AGRICULTURAL PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING AT MAREEBA IN FNQ

2016
DECEMBER
1
 TWO SURVIVE VANS HOME-BUILT EMERGENCY LANDING IN WEST OZ
2
 EXPENSIVE LANDINGS FOR ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE AIRCRAFT
 PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING IN WEST OZ AFTER ENGINE FAILURE

3
 ALL ON BOARD JOYFLIGHT HELICOPTER ESCAPE INJURY AFTER ENGINE FAILURE
 IMAGE OF THE WEEK - LANDING BULLY INTIMIDATES TAKE-OFF CESSNA

4
 TASSIE PILOT UNINJURED IN PRECAUTIONARY LANDING THAT GOES WRONG
 PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CROP-DUSTER CRASH IN SOUTH-WEST QLD
 CONSISTENT REGULAR TRAINING ENSURES SAFE ARRIVAL OF SANTA SLEIGH

NOVEMBER
1
 FATAL AIR-TRACTOR CRASH NEAR WALGETT CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
 ULTRALIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SURVIVE TAKE-OFF CRASH AT DUBBO

2
 PILOT TRAINING FLIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING ON GOLD COAST
3
 R44 HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES CRASH IN FNQ DAINTREE NATIONAL PARK
 VINTAGE RYAN ST EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED AFTER FORCED LANDING IN VIC

4
 TWO ESCAPE FIERY CRASH IN VICTORIA AFTER ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF
 PA-28 EMERGENCY LANDING AT ARCHERFIELD AFTER LOSS OF MAIN-WHEEL
 FATAL MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH CLAIMS TWO LIVES AT HEDLOW
 CROP-DUSTER CRASH NEAR NARROMINE CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT

OCTOBER
1
 VIDEO OF THE WEEK - UK'S EASYJET AGE AND GENDER CHALLENGE UP-FRONT
2
 CESSNA 210 PILOT IN INADVERTENT WHEELS-UP LANDING AT BROOME
 TWO SURVIVE JABIRU CRASH NEAR GRAFTON SOUTH AIRSTRIP IN NSW
 HOME-BUILT RV-6A LOSS OF CONTROL LANDING AT PORT PIRIE IN SOUTH OZ

3
 BANKSTOWN AIRPORT CHANGE OF OPERATOR REPORT BY AOPA
4
 USA'S BOB HOOVER - PILOT EXTRAORDINAIRE - FINAL DEPARTURE
 'BIRD-IN-BIPLANE' STRIPPED OF AWARD AFTER NON-SOLO RECREATION FLIGHTS
 VIDEO OF THE WEEK - JET-POWERED FLYING-MACHINE LIFT-OFF & DEPARTURE

SEPTEMBER
1
 PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVE FORCED LANDING OF HOME-BUILT IN WEST OZ
 IMAGE OF THE WEEK - SPACEX ROCKET EXPLOSION DURING PRE-FLIGHT CHECK
 FROM THE AIRCENTRE ARCHIVES 20-YEARS AGO TO-DAY

2
 CESSNA TAUGHT THE WORLD TO FLY - ALL LIGHT AIRCRAFT ARE CESSNA'S
 PILOT KILLED DURING UNRESTRAINED HAND-START AT PARAFIELD IN SA
 PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CROP-DUSTER CRASH IN WEST OZ
 FATAL JABIRU CRASH AT YARRAM IN EASTERN VICTORIA
 AIRCENTRE RESEARCH - STATE SECONDARY AIRPORTS PRIVATISATION FAIL

3
 BULL TAKES ON CATTLE MUSTERING HELICOPTER IN QLD - AND WINS
 VIDEO OF THE WEEK - MAIN-WHEELS-UP LANDING OF BOEING 737 IN PAPUA

4
 PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT MERREDIN AIRPORT IN WEST OZ
AUGUST
1
 QLD'S 18-YEAR-OLD SOLO EARTH-ROUNDER ATTEMPT LANDS SAFE IN THE UK
 VIDEO - NO PARACHUTE SKYDIVER LUKE AIKINS LANDS SAFE IN NET
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN CRASH NEAR RAGLAN IN QLD

2
 IMAGE OF THE WEEK - MIKOYAN MiG-17 N620PF AT SPEED
3
 18-YEAR-OLD QLD PILOT IN SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION INBOUND TO OZ
4
 ULTRALIGHT DAMAGED DURING LANDING SEQUENCE AT ILLAWARRA IN NSW
 LACHLAN SMART RECORD SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF GLOBE
 VIDEO OF THE WEEK - WORLDS LARGEST AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDS
 18-YEAR-OLD PILOT ON SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION ARRIVES LONGREACH IN QLD
JULY
1
 TIGER-MOTH JOY-FLIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING IN WHITSUNDAYS
2
 THIS WEEK NEWS REPORT INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
3
 ALL SURVIVE PA-28 ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM BANKSTOWN
 HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES POWER-LINE STRIKE IN TASMANIA'S NORTH
 THREE SURVIVE ROTARY-WING IMPACT DURING POWER-LINE INSPECTION IN SA
 COMMERCIAL BALLOON PILOT INJURED IN LANDING CRASH IN WEST OZ
 PILOT KILLED MUSTERING CATTLE IN CESSNA 150 NEAR SA-NT BORDER

4
 POWER-LINES SNARE ANOTHER ROTARY-WING NEAR BLACKALL IN QLD
 NEW RECORD FOR CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF GLOBE IN HOT-AIR BALLOON

JUNE
1
 DECLINE IN LIGHT AIRCRAFT FLYING IN OZ CONTINUES
2
 GYMPIE PILOT AND PASSENGER IN AGED CESSNA INJURED IN CRASH LANDING
 POWER-LINES SNARE JABIRU ULTRALIGHT ON LANDING AT MANILLA IN NSW

3
 WRECKAGE OF QANTAS PILOT'S CESSNA LOCATED BY NAVY MINESWEEPER
4
 USA AIRLINES PAY BONUS TO FLIGHT CREWS ON SIGN-UP DUE PILOT SHORTAGE
MAY
1
 PILOTLESS ADRENALIN AIRLINE FLIGHTS - THE WAY OF THE FUTURE
2
 INAUGURAL IRISH AER LINGUS FLIGHT - DUBLIN TO LAX VIDEO
3
 PASSENGERS ESCAPE INJURY AFTER MAULE FLIPS ON LANDING AT COOTHARABA
 20-YEARS ON THE STATUS OF CASA REFORM STAGNATES - UK'S CHALLENGE

4
 HOME-BUILT WHEELS-UP LANDING CLOSES DEVONPORT AIRPORT IN TASSIE
APRIL
1
  ROYAL QUEENSLAND AERO CLUB GOES BUST AFTER 105 YEARS
2
 PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR KILLED DURING ENDORSEMENT TRAINING
 PASSENGER SURVIVES R22 HELICOPTER CRASH INTO SEA AT NIGHT IN FNQ
 VINTAGE TIGER MOTH EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED IN LANDING CRASH AT REDCLIFFE

3
 SCONE PILOT SURVIVES ENGINE FAILURE OF TURBINE CROP-DUSTER
 ARCHERFIELD WARBIRD ADVENTURE FLIGHT BUSINESS 1988-2016 FOR-SALE

4
 LIGHT AND HEAVY AIRCRAFT FLYING IN THIS NEW DIGITALISED ERA
MARCH
1
 MAREEBA PILOT SURVIVES PIPER AZTEC TWIN-ENGINE FAILURE IN FNQ
 IMAGE OF THE YEAR - ENGINE FAILURES MILITARY STYLE

2
 FATAL MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH CLAIMS TWO LIVES AT YARRAWONGA
 FORECAST FOR THE VIABILITY OF GENERAL AVIATION IN OZ - MARCH 2016 ON

3
 PILOT AND PASSENGERS ESCAPE AFTER LANDING COLLISION AT TOORADIN
 FORMATION FLYING HISTORY IN OZ - RAAF MILITARY AND PRIVATE FLYING

4
 PILOT ESCAPES INJURY IN LANDING MISHAP AT REDCLIFFE AIRPORT
 MATURE-AGE PILOT SURVIVES ROTARY-WING PRANG AT LISMORE AIRPORT
 FATAL ROTARY-WING PRANG AT CARMILA SOUTH OF MACKAY
 LISMORE LIGHT AIRCRAFT MISSING IN BYRON BAY AREA

FEBRUARY
1
 FRENCH PILOT IN EMERGENCY LANDING SHOWS HOW IT'S DONE AND SURVIVES
 USA HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT REPLACE MILITARY FLYOVER OF SPORTS STADIUM

2
 PILOT SAFE AFTER CESSNA 210 UNDERCARRIAGE MALFUNCTION IN NSW
 MYSTERY SURROUNDS P-51D MUSTANG WARBIRD CRASH IN USA
 PRIVATE VISUAL FLYING RULES IN OZ UNDER REVIEW BY CASA - AGAIN

3
 REDBULL PILOT SURVIVES ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF IN FRANCE
 PILOT UNINJURED IN R44 HELICOPTER CRASH DEPARTING CENTRAL QLD STATION

4
 MATURE-AGE PILOT FOUND DECEASED IN JABIRU CRASH AT KATOOMBA
 VIDEO - SHARING EMERGENCY LANDINGS WITH HEAVY JET PILOTS
 R22 CATTLE MUSTERING PILOT INJURED IN WIRE-STRIKE NEAR ROMA
 LIGHT AIRCRAFT DAMAGED BY SEVERE STORM AT CAMDEN AIRPORT IN NSW

JANUARY
1
 PILOT UNINJURED IN SIAI MARCHETTI WHEELS-UP LANDING AT PARAFIELD
 PILOT TRAINING EXERCISE OVERHEAD ARCHERFIELD LATE 1978

2
 BRUMBY ULTRALIGHT PILOT SURVIVES FIERY CRASH AT MARULAN IN NSW
3
 STUDENT PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR WARNERVALE IN NSW
4
 MULTIPLE FATALITIES IN PIPER CHEROKEE CRASH IN VICTORIA
 PASSENGER INJURED IN FLOATPLANE LANDING AT WHITSUNDAY'S CHANCE BAY
 JABIRU PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING MISHAP IN WEST OZ
 TRIVIA ON PASSENGERS CAUGHT WITH FIREARMS IN USA SECURITY CHECKS

2015
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

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

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

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

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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2014
DECEMBER
1
 RQAC'S AIRLINE ACADEMY OF AUSTRALIA NEW BASE AT WELLCAMP AIRPORT
2
 SUPPRESSION OF LIGHT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY IMPROVES ACCIDENT STATISTICS
3
 SANTA'S SLEIGH INVOLVED IN MINOR MISHAP DEPARTING NORTH POLE AIRPORT
4
 SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MISSING CESSNA COVERING SYDNEY TO HOBART RACE
 BEECH B76 TRAINING TWIN IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT BUNBURY IN WEST OZ
 SCHWEIZER TRAINING HELICOPTER PRANG AT PARAFIELD IN SOUTH OZ

NOVEMBER
1
 LICENCE CANCELLATION OVERTURNED BY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL
 VIRGIN'S SPACE-SHIP-TWO IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP ERROR DURING TEST FLIGHT
 KIWI PILOT COLLAPSES AND LATER DIES AFTER LANDING DREAMLINER IN PERTH

 2
 ENGINE FAILURE OF VINTAGE CHIPMUNK DURING TAKE-OFF INJURES TWO
 TASSIE CESSNA C188 DESTROYED IN ARSON ATTACK IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
 CESSNA 210 WITH 5-POB IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT CAIRNS IN FNQ
 CASA GIVES ALDIS LAMP GREEN SIGNAL TO TOOWOOMBA'S WELLCAMP AIRPORT

3
 HOME-BUILT GYROCOPTER CRASH AT MOUNT SYLVIA CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
 ARCHERFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL
 PILOT INJURED IN HOME-BUILT CRASH LANDING AT MARCOOLA AIRPORT
 WELLCAMP'S FIRST REGULAR PUBLIC TRANSPORT FLIGHT TO-DAY
 PIPER NAVAJO IN SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING AT MOORABBIN
 CASA DRAFT TO RESTRICT USE OF JABIRU ENGINE AFTER SEVERAL FAILURES

4
 MAJOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HANGARS AFTER STORM AT ARCHERFIELD
 SEVERAL LIGHT AIRCRAFT DAMAGED FROM STORM AT ARCHERFIELD
 OZ LIVE STATS FOR THIS AIRCENTRE SITE LAST 14-DAYS
 SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MISSING HELICOPTER WITH 2-POB IN FAR NORTH QLD
 UPDATE - R-44 PILOT AND PASSENGER FOUND SAFE AND WELL AFTER CRASH

OCTOBER
1
 VINTAGE TIGER MOTHS RACE FOR GLORY AND ATTENTION FROM LUSKINTYRE
2
 PILOT RESCUED AFTER AIRCRAFT CRASHES INTO WETLANDS NEAR SOUTHPORT
 AEROBATICS PRACTICE CLAIMS LIFE OF GOOLWA PILOT IN SOUTH OZ
 SAVANNAH ULTRALIGHT PILOT KILLED IN CRASH NEAR GLADSTONE IN QLD
 GOVERNMENT APPROVES MILLION DOLLAR GRANT T0 PENINSULA AERO-CLUB
 FOUR INJURED IN CHARTER HELICOPTER CRASH AT MOUNT COOK IN FNQ
 MATURE-AGE PILOT INJURED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT KNOCKROW

3
 JUNIOR PILOT ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN FORCED LANDING NEAR NOWRA
 OZ AVIATORS TAKE TO THE ROAD OVER REGULATORY AUTHORITY'S MINDSET
 PILOT KILLED AFTER RV-6 HOME-BUILT IMPACTS HOUSE AT CHELSEA IN VIC

4
 HOAX AVIATION CALL FRUSTRATES EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL
 PILOT INJURED IN CESSNA 172 EMERGENCY LANDING AT PUTTY IN NSW

SEPTEMBER
1
 PILOT'S LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKE-OFF AT NORTHAM IN WEST OZ
 OZ MILITARY TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ATTACKED DURING AID OPERATIONS

2
 REFURBISHED ARCHERFIELD BUSINESS CENTRE CONVERSION TO FLYING SCHOOL
3
 HOMEBUILT RV-6 CRASH ON APPROACH TO MUDGEE AIRPORT CLAIMS 2-LIVES
 • FOR SALE • SIGN OF THE TIMES FOR PRIVATE LIGHT AIRCRAFT OWNERS

4
 GRANDDAD HELICOPTER PILOT AND PASSENGER ESCAPE INJURY IN WA CRASH
 TV MEDIA TO REPORT ON CHARTER TWIN EMERGENCY LANDING AT OBERON

AUGUST
1
 ANOTHER JABIRU BITES THE DUST IN VIC AFTER APPARENT ENGINE FAILURE
 LEGAL EAGLE HAS WINGS CLIPPED IN DH-82A TAKE-OFF PRANG AT TOOWOOMBA

2
 CIRRUS PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT USED IN SPIN RECOVERY IN BLUE MOUNTAINS
3
 R66 HELICOPTER SNAGS POWER-LINE DURING DUSTING OPS IN FNQ
 AIRSHIP PILOT MICHAEL NERANDZIC IN TOP OZ AWARD FOR BRAVERY

4
 PILOT KILLED IN R22 HELICOPTER CRASH IN KIMBERLEY REGION
 CHARTER PILOT EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER PASSENGER INTERFERENCE ON FLIGHT
 HIGH WORLD WIDE INTEREST IN THIS AIRCENTRE AVIATION SITE

JULY
1
 FATAL MANDATORY BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW AT MORUYA IN NSW
 TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED IN TURBO-CHARGED CESSNA 210 CRASH AT INVERELL
 ULTRALIGHT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT LOWOOD DUE SMOKE IN COCKPIT

2
 ANOTHER ROBBO HELICOPTER BITES THE DUST NEAR DINGO IN CENTRAL QLD
 US REGISTERED METROLINER IN DRUG BUST AT ILLAWARRA AIRPORT
 CHARTERS TOWERS AIRCRAFT ENGINEER DENIS BEAHAN ATTACKED IN HANGAR

3
 RPT - ARCHERFIELD -v- WELLCAMP - BIG IS BEST FOR AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS
 THREE ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY IN CESSNA 172 FAILED GO-AROUND IN WA

4
 PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVE JABIRU EMERGENCY LANDING AT RUNCORN
 CESSNA 182 WIRE-STRIKE CLAIMS LIFE OF BURRUMBUTTOCK PILOT

JUNE
1
 OZ GOVERNMENT • AVIATION SAFETY REGULATION REVIEW • RELEASED
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HI-LIGHTS DECLINE OF PILOT TRAINING AT ARCHERFIELD
 PILOT INJURED IN VINTAGE BEECH STAGGERWING FORCED LANDING IN WEST OZ

2
 PIPER PA-46 MALIBU MAY-DAY • ENGINE FAILURE NEAR NARRABRI IN NSW
3
 USA'S NASA RELEASE BIO ON SOUTH OZ ASTRONAUT ANDY THOMAS
4
 TWO INJURED IN VINTAGE X-RAF CHIPMUNK TRAINER CRASH AT COFFS HARBOUR
 TECNAM P96 ULTRALIGHT CRASH IN BAROSSA VALLEY CLAIMS TWO LIVES
 LOW-TIME ARCHERFIELD PILOT IN RFDS FUNDRAISER FLIGHT AROUND OZ

MAY
1
 TASSIE AERO CLUB CESSNA INVERTS ON LANDING AT CARRICK AGFEST
2
 CIRRUS BALLISTIC PARACHUTE DEPLOYED IN BLUE MOUNTAINS ENGINE FAILURE
3
 STUDENT PILOT ESCAPES INJURY AFTER LANDING PRANG AT BANKSTOWN
 QANTAS SEEKS PILOT REDUNDANCIES FIRST TIME IN 92-YEAR-OLD HISTORY
 CICARE EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF BARCALDINE PILOT

4
 REVIEW OF OZ GENERAL AVIATION SAFETY DUE OUT TODAY
 DARWIN'S COMMUTER AIRLINE VINCENT AVIATION SHUTS DOWN - SACKS STAFF
 WITTMAN TAILWIND TAKE-OFF PRANG INJURES TWO NEAR LEYBURN IN QLD
 SHARP AIRLINES METROLINER SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING AT ESSENDON

APRIL
1
 AIRCENTRE SITE STATISTICS BY COUNTRY
2
 FATAL LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH S-W OF CASINO CLAIMS YOUNG PASSENGER
 SONEX ULTRALIGHT DAMAGED IN HEAVY LANDING AT INGHAM IN FNQ

3
 HOME-BUILT QUESTAIR MAIDEN FLIGHT DISASTER AT BACCHUS MARSH
 BELL OH-58A ENGINE FAILURE DEPARTING COFFS INJURES PILOT & PASS

4
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT UNINJURED IN FORCED LANDING AT BROADWATER IN NSW
 CHARTERED BARON EMERGENCY LANDING SUCCESSFUL AT DARWIN IN THE NT
 MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH NEAR TYABB IN VIC CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
 RAAF C-130 TRANSPORT RUNS OFF RUNWAY LANDING IN AFGHANISTAN

MARCH
1
 GATTON AIR-PARK PILOT KILLED IN FIERY HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT CRASH
 PITTS S1S PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING AT LETHBRIDGE IN VIC

2
 MALAYSIA AIRLINES PASSENGER JET MISSING ON FLIGHT TO CHINA
 BARRIER AIRCRAFT UP FOR AUCTION AT MAREEBA IN FNQ

3
 GYROCOPTER PILOT KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT BRUNDEE IN NSW
4
 CESSNA 210 DEMOLISHED IN FORCED LANDING NEAR NUMBULWAR IN THE NT
 TWO ROBINSON R22 HELICOPTER PRANGS ASSOCIATED WITH CATTLE MUSTERING
 CABOOLTURE SKYDIVE CESSNA CRASH CLAIMS ALL 5-PERSONS ON BOARD

FEBRUARY
1
 FOREIGN STUDENT PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT MERREDIN IN WA
2
 PILOT'S LOSS-OF-CONTROL LANDING AT MELBOURNE'S MOORABBIN AIRPORT
 HOT-AIR BALLOON WITH 10-POB LANDS IN FRONT YARD OF MELBOURNE HOME

3
 PILOT SURVIVES HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR MISSION BEACH IN FNQ
 STUDENT PILOT DEMOLISHES CESSNA C150 ON LANDING AT MOORABBIN
 PILOT SURVIVES ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF AT NEWMAN IN WEST OZ

4
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT SURVIVES JABIRU CRASH AT MYRTLEFORD IN VIC
 PILOT SURVIVES HELICOPTER CRASH AT LEGERWOOD IN TASSIE

JANUARY
1
 HAPPY NEW YEAR GREETINGS
2
 OZ ROCKETMAN ENTERTAINS RECORD CRICKET CROWD AT THE GABBA
 PASSENGERS ALARMED WHEN KIWI AIR BUS HAS ENGINE FAILURE IN VIC
 COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR TOURIST SPACE FLIGHTS

3
 STUDENT & INSTRUCTOR UNINJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT ORANGE AIRPORT
 ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT BUSINESS INVESTMENT OUTCOME AFTER 30 YEARS

4
 PIPER NAVAJO CHIEFTAIN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ALDINGA IN SOUTH OZ
 TIGER MOTH WORLD'S DH-82A BEACH LANDING NEAR BARWON HEADS IN VIC
 TOLL OPERATED BRISBANE-HONIARA FREIGHTER GEAR FAILURE ON LANDING

2013
DECEMBER
1
 R44 HELICOPTER UP FOR AUCTION AT ARCHERFIELD
 NEW SLEIGH DESIGN TESTING AT REMOTE NORTH POLE LOCATION

2
 TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED IN GLASAIR FIERY CRASH NEAR JANDAKOT IN WA
 CHRIS SPEROU AWARDED OZ BI-CENTENNIAL AWARD BY LONDON'S GAPAN
 THREE OCCUPANTS SURVIVE HELICOPTER LANDING CRASH NEAR BYRON BAY
 OCCUPANTS ESCAPE INJURY AFTER CESSNA INVERTS ON LANDING AT TYABB

3
 TIGER MOTH MISSING WITH TWO PERSONS ON BOARD NEAR STRADDI
 CANBERRA BASED AIRLINE BRINDABELLA IN RECEIVERSHIP
 ULTRALIGHT CRASH-LANDS AT ARCHERFIELD AFTER UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE

4
 YARRA RANGES GYROCOPTER PRANG CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT AND PASSENGER
 SANTA IN HIS NEW SLEIGH REVISED TIME OF ARRIVAL 'DOWN UNDER' IS NOW

NOVEMBER
1
 FOUR SURVIVE R44 HELICOPTER PRANG ON MT BULLER IN SNOWY MOUNTAINS
 PA-31 UNDERCARRIAGE FAILURE LANDING AT ADELAIDE IN SOUTH OZ
 CHARTER HELICOPTER DISINTEGRATES AFTER LOSS OF CONTROL ON TAKE-OFF
 WIND GUST CLAIMS CESSNA 172 LANDING NEAR BURRA IN SOUTH OZ

 2
 MATURE AGE ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN CRASH NORTH OF MUDGEE IN NSW
3
 OUTBACK PILOT KILLED IN LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR MOOMBA IN SA
4
 TWO-SEAT ALL-ELECTRIC HELICOPTER MAKES SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT
OCTOBER
1
 KR-2 ULTRALIGHT PILOT KILLED IN CRASH NEAR TUMUT IN NSW
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CRASH AT BUNDABERG
 QLD CORONER RELEASES FINDINGS OF INQUEST INTO HEMPEL DEATH
 2 INJURED IN PIPER PA-28 FORCED LANDING AT NIGHT NEAR CUNNAMULLA

2
 NEW AIRPORT FOR TOOWOOMBA UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT WELLCAMP QLD
3
 VICTORIAN PILOT KILLED IN LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH AT HYDEN IN WEST OZ
 BLACK HAWK MILITARY HELICOPTERS OVERFLY BRISBANE CBD IN EXERCISE
 CASA SHUTS DOWN DALBY AIR MAINTENANCE ON THE DARLING DOWNS

4
 GAME PAIR IN THRUSTER ULTRALIGHT SURVIVE BASS STRAIT DITCHING
 NT MICROLIGHT PILOT DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK NEAR DARWIN
 TWO AIRPORT SECURITY FENCES + TWO LANCAIRS = 3 DEAD IN 5 WEEKS
 HOME-BUILT LANCAIR CRASH AT SHEPPARTON IN VICTORIA CLAIMS 2-LIVES
 FIRE FIGHTER PILOT DIES IN WATER BOMBER CRASH ON NSW SOUTH COAST
 SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MISSING CESSNA ON MORUYA-MANGALORE FLIGHT

SEPTEMBER
1
 EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE MALFUNCTION DEPARTING CALOUNDRA
 BIRDSVILLE RACES CLAIM LIGHT AIRCRAFT - PIPER ARROW RETRACTABLE
 PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN MUSTERING HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN THE NT

2
 HELICOPTER STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR IN FORCED LANDING NEAR ARMIDALE
3
 PILOT CRITICALLY INJURED IN HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT CRASH AT GERALDTON
 THE UNIVERSITY OF QLD'S SCRAMJET READY FOR LAUNCH IN NORWAY
    - EXPERIMENTAL SCRAMJET MOTHBALLED AFTER ROCKET FAILURE -
 FATAL CESSNA CRASH AT BELLFIELD NORTH OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL QLD

4
 PILOT KILLED IN SOLO NIGHT TRAINING EXERCISE AT HAMILTON IN VICTORIA
 PILOT UNINJURED IN TIGER MOTH LANDING MISHAP AT SANDY BEACH IN NSW

AUGUST
1
 TWO ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY IN HUGHES LIGHTWING FORCED LANDING IN SA
 BELL 206 PHOTOGRAPHIC HELICOPTER DITCHES IN TORRES STRAIT

2
 PASSENGER JETS COLLIDE AT MELBOURNE'S TULLAMARINE AIRPORT IN VIC
 HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES SOLO TRAINING ACCIDENT AT CAMDEN

3
 TWO UNINJURED AFTER JABIRU ENGINE FAILURE AT VICTORIA POINT
 PILOT ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN FORCED LANDING NEAR ARCHERFIELD
 DECLINE OF LIGHT AIRCRAFT PARKED AT ARCHERFIELD ON EKKA SHOW DAY

4
 NEWS MEDIA HAS QANTAS JET IN UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE LOW FUEL
 HORNET ULTRALIGHT TEST FLIGHT FAILURE NEAR TAREE - PILOT SAFE

JULY
1
 KOREAN BOEING 777 CLOSES SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT AFTER LANDING CRASH
2
 LEARJET VANDALISED BY GRAFFITI ARTIST AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT IN USA
 PILOT UNHURT IN SKYFOX ULTRALIGHT ENGINE FAILURE AT CASINO AIRPORT

3
 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MANAGEMENT CASTIGATED BY AIR SAFETY REGULATOR
4
 FAA MANDATES ALL FOREIGN AIRCRAFT USE AUTO LANDING AT SAN FRANCISCO
 TWO SURVIVE ENGINE FAILURE IN BELL 47G HELICOPTER NEAR AMBERLEY

JUNE
1
 CESSNA 210 WHEELS-UP LANDING AT RAMINGINING IN NT'S ARNHEM LAND
 MOONEY ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF AT CANBERRA AIRPORT
 LOCKYER VALLEY GAINS EMERGENCY HELIPORT FROM AIRPORT DEVELOPER

2
 CHARTED BELL HELICOPTER IN EMERGENCY WATER LANDING IN WEST OZ
3
 ULTRALIGHT CRASH NEAR GERALDTON IN WEST OZ CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
 ULTRALIGHT JABIRU STOLEN FROM NORTHAM AERODROME IN WEST OZ
 TWO JETS COLLIDE DURING AIR-RACE SAFETY SEMINAR AT RENO IN USA

4
 GYROCOPTER PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN PRANG NEAR BILOELA IN QLD
 CIRRUS IMPACTS TREES ON APPROACH TO PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AT BOXWOOD
 CASA DESIGNATED MEDICAL EXAMINERS SUED IN BARRY HEMPEL FIASCO

MAY
1
 SOLAR IMPULSE STARTS TRANS-AMERICA FLIGHT POWERED BY THE SUN
2
 SINGING SENSATION OF SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT CHRIS HADFIELD
3
 TWO INJURED IN MICROLIGHT PRANG AT WAGGA-WAGGA AIRPORT IN NSW
 PARAGLIDER INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT MISSING ON TRAINING FLIGHT
 INADEQUATE TRAINING CITED AS CAUSE OF PASSENGER JET CRASH IN BALI

4
 MOTORISED PARAGLIDER PRANG NEAR GATTON CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
 SENATE RELEASES REPORT ON PEL-AIR MEDICAL FLIGHT CRASH AT NORFOLK IS

APRIL
1
 NEW BEECH BARON NOSE-WHEEL COLLAPSE ON LANDING AT TOOWOOMBA
 CESSNA C210 MISSING IN THE NT WITH FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD
 NEW DATA RECORD FOR MARCH 2013 IN AIRCENTRE SITE STATISTICS

2
  LION AIR BOEING 737 PASSENGER JET ENDS UP 'IN-THE-DRINK' AT DENPASAR
 SUPPORT FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT MEDICAL EMERGENCY NIGHT FLIGHT IN PERU

3
 ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED TO CENTRAL QLD AIR CHARTER OPERATOR
 MOTORISED PARAGLIDER PRANG ON BRIBIE ISLAND CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT

4
 GLIDER PILOT KILLED AFTER MID-AIR COLLISION NEAR GOULBURN IN NSW
 ULTRALIGHT PRANG NEAR TAREE IN NSW CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
 PASSENGER JET DAMAGED PARKING AT MELBOURNE TULLAMARINE AIRPORT

MARCH
1
 TWO KILLED IN MICROLIGHT CRASH AT TUGGERAH LAKE NORTH OF SYDNEY
 LIGHT AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS IN FEBRUARY THAT DID NOT MAKE THE NEWS
 CHARTER CESSNA 337 • Exmouth • • • CHARTER CESSNA 210 • Broome

2
 KIHEE STATION PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED KILLED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH
 CRIME SCENE ESTABLISHED AFTER AIRCRAFT FIRE IN ARCHERFIELD HANGAR
 INACCURATE FINAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS ANTIQUATED AIR CONTROL SYSTEM

3
 TWO SURVIVE HOMEBUILT ENGINE FAILURE DEPARTING RAINBOW BEACH
 WING STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF SPITFIRE REPLICA CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
 STUDENT PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT JANDAKOT IN WEST OZ
 LUCKY ESCAPE FOR PASSENGERS IN HOT-AIR BALLOON CRASH IN CANBERRA

4
 PIPER TWIN COMANCHE IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT BANKSTOWN
 CAREFLIGHT B200 KING AIR UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSE AT DARWIN AIRPORT
 TWO LIVES LOST IN CESSNA 210 TURBO ACCIDENT AFTER ROMA TAKE-OFF
 HOMEBUILT RV-12 MAIDEN FLIGHT CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF LISMORE PILOT
 LIGHT AIRCRAFT FIXED WING - ROTARY WING - NOW FIXED WING TILT-ROTOR
 WEDDING PARTY INCINERATED IN R44 HELICOPTER CRASH AT BULLI TOPS

FEBRUARY
1
 SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR ULTRALIGHT PILOT MISSING FROM CABOOLTURE
 SKYFOX GAZELLE WRECKAGE LOCATED AT GLASS HOUSE MOUNTAINS

2
 THREE KILLED IN TWO ULTRALIGHT CRASHES IN QLD AND VICTORIA
 LIGHT AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY DECLINE IN OZ - 27 AIRCRAFT UP FOR AUCTION
 HOBART FIRE-FIGHTING HELICOPTER PILOT RESCUED AFTER CRASH

3
 TWO SURVIVE ULTRALIGHT PRANG AT LUSKINTYRE N-W OF NEWCASTLE
 ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST HELICOPTER OPERATORS GOES BUST

4
 TWO WEST OZ ULTRALIGHT PILOTS ESCAPE INJURY AFTER WIRE-STRIKE
 19 TOURISTS KILLED IN EGYPT AFTER HOT-AIR BALLOON CATCHES FIRE

JANUARY
1
 HAPPY NEW YEAR GREETINGS
2
 LIGHTWING ULTRALIGHT FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR BEACONSFIELD IN TASMANIA
 MANGALORE TRAINEE PILOT IN TROUBLE AFTER WHEEL FALLS OFF

3
 HUSBAND AND WIFE SURVIVE ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT JACOBS WELL IN QLD
 PILOT AND CAMERAMAN SURVIVE NEWS HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR PERTH
 HELICOPTER PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CRASH NEAR AUGATHELLA

4
 BEECHCRAFT DUCHESS ENGINE FIRE IN BANKSTOWN HANGAR
 TWO SURVIVE ENGINE FAILURE IN CHARTER C182 AT KUNUNURRA IN WEST OZ
 FLOAT-PLANE INVERTS ON LANDING NEAR CUNNINGHAM PIER IN VICTORIA

2012
December
1
PASSENGER JETS HOLDING OVER BRISBANE AWAITING LANDING SLOT
2
FATAL R44 HELICOPTER CRASH DURING CROP-DUSTING OPS NEAR MUDGEE
GROUNDING OF NT'S HARDY AVIATION LIFTED AFTER CASA CONSULTATION
CASA GROUNDS NT'S HARDY AVIATION AFTER 21 YEARS OPERATION

3
SKYDIVE CESSNA CRASH AT BURRUM HEADS IN QLD CLAIMS LIVE OF PILOT
4
OZ AIR REGULATOR SUSPENDS CAIRNS BASED CHARTER OPERATOR BARRIER
SANTA'S ARRIVAL - COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS DAY

November
1
PILOT TRAINING TWIN IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT JANDAKOT IN WEST OZ
ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT MASTER PLAN OBJECTION IN PUBLIC MEETING
PILOT OF P-51 MUSTANG REPLICA KILLED IN CRASH AT HELIDON SPA
RINGER UNINJURED IN MUSTERING HELICOPTER PRANG IN CENTRAL OZ

2
PILOT UNINJURED IN JABIRU ULTRALIGHT ENGINE FAILURE IN WEST OZ
GOLD COAST INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT KILLED IN TRAINING ACCIDENT
RQAC CESSNA 172 DEMOLISHED IN FORCED LANDING NEAR ARCHERFIELD

3
SOUTH OZ PILOT KILLED IN CAPE YORK PENINSULA CRASH NEAR MAPOON
FATAL DEEP-STALLS IN CIRCUIT AREA INDICATE POOR PILOT TRAINING

4
OCTOGENARIAN PILOT'S EMERGENCY LANDING AT JANDAKOT IN WEST OZ
CIRRUS PARACHUTE DEPLOYED AFTER ENGINE FAILURE NEAR GILGANDRA
ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE SACKS PILOT OVER ILLICIT DRUG USE

October
1
 RINGER DIES IN CATTLE MUSTERING HELICOPTER PRANG IN WEST OZ
 CLASSIC VINTAGE DH-84 MISSING WITH 6 PERSONS ON BOARD NEAR KILCOY

 AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE LOCATED @ 1400HRS NORTH OF BORUMBA DAM 

2
 TCAS SAVES THE DAY AGAIN FOR QANTAS - CONTROLLER SUSPENDED
3
 SIXTY WARTIME SPITFIRES LOCATED IN PRISTINE CONDITION IN BURMA
 RAAF C-130 HERCULES IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT WOOMERA IN SOUTH OZ
 FELIX BREAKS SOUND-BARRIER DURING FREEFALL FROM EDGE OF SPACE
 FATHER AND SON TEAM IN MOTOR-GLIDER EMERGENCY LANDING IN VIC

4
 FATAL C-172 LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR BAGSHOT IN VICTORIA
 QLD POLICE ISSUE WARRANT FOR KILLER OF MIKE DAVIES OF LANCAIR KITS
 QANTAS PASSENGER JET IN HEAVY LANDING AT NIFTY MINE AIRSTRIP IN WA

September
1
FIRE ENGULFS JABIRU AFTER FORCED LANDING IN VIC - PILOT SURVIVES
RICHARD BACH SERIOUSLY INJURED IN SEAREY HOMEBUILT CRASH IN USA

2
R44 TOURIST HELICOPTER IN EMERGENCY LANDING NORTH OF BROOME
HONOURING "THE FEW" IN SPITFIRE BASED FLY-IN AT WILLOWBANK IN QLD
ADMINISTRATOR AUCTIONS PART OF ALLIGATOR AIRWAYS FLEET ON-LINE

3
SKYFOX GAZELLE CRASH LANDS AFTER TAKE-OFF AT MOORABBIN IN VIC
QLD'S IPSWICH COUNCIL SHUTS DOWN SPITFIRE FLY-IN AT WILLOWBANK

4
TWO INJURED IN MICROLIGHT TRIKE WIRE-STRIKE NEAR MACKAY
PIPER PA-32 ENGINE FAILURE AND FORCED LANDING NEAR YEA IN VICTORIA

August
1
QANTAS PILOT RELINQUISHES COMMAND OVER ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY
2
WILD STORM IN TEXAS USA DEMOLISHES HANGAR AND TRASHES AIRCRAFT
3
HELICOPTER PRANG INCORRECTLY REPORTED BY TV NEWS AS GYROCOPTER
4
SOLO SKYDIVER FATALLY INJURED ON LANDING AT KINGS BEACH CALOUNDRA
ULTRALIGHT CRASH ON CAPE YORK PENINSULA CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
ULTRALIGHT STALL-SPIN ACCIDENT INJURES TWO IN SOUTH OZ
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHALLENGES AIRPORT MASTER PLAN APPROVAL

July
1
HOMEBUILT LANCAIR EMERGENCY AFTER EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION
AMERICAN AVIATORS SUCCEED IN GAINING PILOT's 'BILL-OF-RIGHTS'

2
GOLDEN EAGLE'S PA-34 IMPACTS SAND DUNES AFTER DEPARTING BROOME
GA-8 AIRVAN IN FORCED NIGHT LANDING DURING PILOT TRAINING IN THE NT

3
EXPERIENCED SYDNEY SKYDIVER FAILS TO RECOVER FROM JUMP INJURIES
4
AUSTRIAN SKYDIVER TO ATTEMPT RECORD FREEFALL FROM STRATOSPHERE
June
1
BAD WEATHER CLAIMS PILOT AND CESSNA 182 IN WARRUMBUNGLE NP
AIRCENTRE SERVER STATS FOR MAY 2012 SHOWS RECORD INTEREST

2
FINKE RACE HELICOPTER PRANG INJURES PASSENGER NEAR THE ALICE
CESSNA SUCCESSFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON UNUSED FREEWAY
MICROLIGHT CRASH NEAR TEMORA AIRPORT CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
ADMINISTRATORS APPOINTED TO ALLIGATOR AIRWAYS IN WEST OZ
BRITS CELEBRATE 60-YEAR ROYAL REIGN WITH BATTLE-OF-BRITAIN FLYPAST

3
MILLION $$$ HELICOPTER GOES UP IN SMOKE AFTER EMERGENCY LANDING
PILOT INJURED IN CESSNA 182 TAKE-OFF CRASH AT LINDEN IN QLD
PILOT TRAINING HELICOPTER DAMAGED IN HEAVY LANDING AT REDCLIFFE

4
GYROCOPTER PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING ON PHILLIP ISLAND
B58 EMERGENCY LANDING AT BANKSTOWN AFTER UNDERCARRIAGE FAILURE

May
1
CROPDUSTER PILOT KILLED DURING ROUTINE OPS AT HALLSTON IN VIC
2
ROYAL AIR FORCE P-40 KITTYHAWK FOUND AFTER 70-YEARS IN DESERT
WARBIRD JOY-FLIGHT IN TROJAN CUT SHORT AT TOOWOOMBA AIRSHOW

3
MICROLIGHT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CRASH AT WEST WYALONG
JABIRU TO BE SUED IN USA AFTER FATAL ACCIDENT IN ARIZONA IN 2008

4
SEARCH UNDER WAY IN WESTERN NSW FOR OVERDUE LIGHT AIRCRAFT
- AIRCRAFT LOCATED - PILOT FOUND DECEASED IN WRECKAGE -
PARACHUTIST DIES AT RIPCORD DROP ZONE NEAR GATTON IN S-E QLD
CASA WINS IN COURT HEARING OVER TV FOOTAGE OF JONES HELICOPTER
UK STUNTMAN FIRST PARACHUTER TO LAND AND LIVE WITHOUT USING ONE

April
1
TWO KILLED IN GLIDER ACCIDENT AT ARARAT IN MID-WEST VICTORIA
2
ULTRALIGHT JABIRU IN FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE IN VIC
APPARENT LOSS OF CONTROL IN 3 SPIN-TYPE ACCIDENTS CLAIM 4-LIVES
CROPDUSTER PILOT KILLED DURING ROUTINE OPS NEAR MOREE IN NSW
MICROLIGHT CRASH CLAIMS TWO LIVES IN SOUTHERN NSW
PARACHUTIST INJURED ON MAIDEN 'SOLO' JUMP AT RIPCORD GATTON

3
PILOT KILLED IN HOME-BUILT HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR EROMANGA
PILOT INJURED IN CESSNA 210 WHEELS-UP LANDING IN THE NT
ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN LOSS-OF-CONTROL ACCIDENT IN VICTORIA

4
CATTLE MUSTERING CESSNA ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE OF BOURKE PILOT
ARCHERFIELD TRAINED AIR CHARTER PILOT IN NEW BUSINESS VENTURE
MEDIA INTEREST IN GRUMMAN ALBATROSS'S ARRIVAL ON SYDNEY HARBOUR

March
1
AUCTIONS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY AT ARCHERFIELD
"IT'S ALL OVER RED-ROVER" - DESPATCH FROM THE HOME FRONT USA
SERVER STATS FOR FEBRUARY AND TODAY INDICATE HIGH INTEREST

2
MILITARY ROTARY-WING SNARES POWER-LINE NEAR OAKEY IN QLD
PILOT SAFE AFTER POWER-LINE SNARES ROTARY-WING NEAR TAMWORTH

3
SEARCH FOR BUNDABERG ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT AFTER SARTIME EXPIRES
MISSING ULTRALIGHT LOCATED IN NORTH BUNDABERG CANE FIELD
CONFLICT ERUPTS OVER SITING OF NEW AIRPORT IN THE WHITSUNDAYS

4
ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN MAIDEN FLIGHT AT WOODSTOCK IN FNQ
EUROPA HOME-BUILT CRASH AT CABOOLTURE CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
PARACHUTIST CRITICALLY INJURED ON MAIDEN JUMP AT GATTON

February
1
SKYDIVE CESSNA DAMAGED IN FORCED LANDING IN THE WHITSUNDAYS
FATAL R44 HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR NOWRA CLAIMS TWO LIVES
AIRCRAFT OWNER JAILED OVER TRANSPORT OF ILLICIT DRUGS

2
ARCHERFIELD'S CIRRUS SALES OPERATOR IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
3
SEAREY AMPHIBIAN CRASH LANDS AT PORT MACQUARIE IN NSW
AIR AUSTRALIA GOES BUST - STRANDS 4000 PASSENGERS OVERSEAS
EMERGENCY LANDING AT BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL CLOSES MAIN RUNWAY

4
PILOT 'THROWS-IN-TOWEL' IN FIGHT WITH AUTHORITIES OVER LICENCE
January
1
'MAN-OF-STEEL' CROP DUSTER PILOT SURVIVES FIERY CRASH NEAR FORBES
QLD's FRASER ISLAND CLAIMS ANOTHER LIGHT AIRCRAFT - C172
HELICOPTER IMPACTS GROUND AFTER POWER FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF
FEMALE PILOT INJURED AFTER SAILPLANE CRASH AT BENALLA
ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED PERFORMING AEROBATICS OVER LAKE HUME

2
WIND GUST FLIPS GA-8 AIRVAN INVERTED AT VICTORIAN DROP-ZONE
MICROLIGHT PILOT UNABLE TO 'MOTHER' CRANES DUE REGULATIONS
BALLOON CRASH IN KIWI-LAND CLAIMS 11 LIVES

3
HOME-BUILT ULTRALIGHT ACCIDENT INJURES THREE IN WHITSUNDAYS
STUDENT PILOT INJURED IN GLIDER TRAINING FLIGHT AT BENALLA
GYROCOPTER CRASH AT MANGALORE IN VICTORIA CLAIMS 2-LIVES
PILOT SURVIVES HOME-BUILT ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT WHYALLA
AUCTION AT KINGAROY OF WHITNEY BOOMERANG MANUFACTURING PLANT

4
SOUTH OZ AEROBATIC PILOT KILLED IN PITTS SPECIAL AT MURRY BRIDGE
TWO ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY AFTER CHIPMUNK ENGINE FAILURE IN NSW
TIGER MOTH CRASH AT MARYBOROUGH IN VICTORIA CLAIMS 2-LIVES
LIFT COMPONENT OF FLIGHT THEORY DEBUNKED AS INACCURATE

2011
December
1
COUPLE SPRUNG AT 30-THOUSAND-FEET IN JETSTAR TOILET
2
QLD MINE WORKER ON WAY TO WORK IN CESSNA 210 FOUND DECEASED
PILOT TRAINING HELICOPTER DAMAGED AT MOORABBIN AIRPORT IN VIC
EMERGENCY LANDING ON GOLF COURSE
ROCKWELL 114 TAKE-OFF PRANG

3
NO WORTHWHILE NEWS - REDIRECTING TO WEEK FOUR
4
DH-82 TIGER MOTH GOES TO SCHOOL ON QLD's SUNSHINE COAST
LOCKYER VALLEY AIRPORT GETS THE NOD FROM GOVERNMENT HEAVIES
GYROCOPTER CRASH IN WEST OZ INJURES OWNER-BUILDER-PILOT
STANDBY FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER'S NOTAM ON WHEREABOUTS

November
1
JABIRU EMERGENCY LANDING ON BARKLY HIGHWAY DUE FUEL EXHAUSTION
QANTAS GROUNDING SEVERS TRUST WITHIN MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL

2
FOREIGN STUDENT PILOT IN LANDING ACCIDENT AT JANDAKOT IN WEST OZ
LIGHTWING ULTRALIGHT IN LANDING ACCIDENT AT TAREE IN NSW
SCOFFELL & SON SPITFIRE ACCIDENT IN AROUND-OZ FUND-RAISER FLIGHT
RETIRED RQAC CFI JIM CRONIN MAKES LOCAL NEWS WITH HIS LONGEVITY

3
CESSNA AT TOOWOOMBA IS 4th UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSE IN 10 DAYS
QUEENSLANDERS LOVE TO FLY - HERE'S ONE REASON WHY

4
TWO DOCTORS KILLED IN HOME-BUILT BD-4 AT MUNDUBBERA IN QLD
TWO INJURED IN HOME-BUILT ROTARY-WING CRASH AT AYR IN FNQ
NEW PRIVATE AIRPORT UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN SE QLD

October
1
P-51 REPLICA MUSTANG IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT DEVONPORT
CHEETAH 200 ULTRALIGHT HITS FERRIS WHEEL NEAR TAREE IN NSW

2
SKYDIVE PILOT INJURED IN C206 CRASH AT TOORADIN IN VICTORIA
3
SKYDIVE CESSNA 182 FORCED LANDING NEAR BRANDON IN FNQ
4
QANTAS CEO GROUNDS ENTIRE FLEET OVER INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE
AIRCRAFT ENDS UP INVERTED AFTER LANDING AT BRANDON IN FNQ
CESSNA 310 TWIN IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT JABIRU IN THE NT
CESSNA 172 EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED IN FORCED LANDING IN WEST OZ

September
1
SURVEY HELICOPTER PILOT KILLED IN R44 CRASH IN WEST OZ
PILOT DIES IN ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH INTO WATER AT SYDNEY
AUTOMATION RELIANCE IN TRAINING OF AIRLINE PILOTS DANGEROUS

2
TWO SURVIVE FORCED LANDING AFTER JABIRU ENGINE FAILURE
CAIRNS CHARTER HELICOPTER IN FATAL CRASH AT SHOALWATER BAY
OZ GOVERNMENT MINISTERS HYPOCRISY ON ARCHERFIELD SAFETY ISSUES

3
'MASS CASUALTIES' AT RENO AIR RACE CRASH IN NEVADA USA
POLITICS BY OZ GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES UNDERMINING AIR SAFETY

4
GA-8 AIRVAN IN FORCED LANDING NEAR MARREE IN SOUTH OZ
NT MUSTERING ROBBO R22 IMPACTS GROUND DURING CATTLE MUSTER
CESSNA 152 TRAINER IN FORCED LANDING DEPARTING BANKSTOWN

August
1
BRISBANE RADAR LOCATES ARCHERFIELD STUDENT PILOT "IN DIFFICULTY"
CASA'S FINAL FEDERAL COURT HEARING ON TIGER AIRWAYS GROUNDING

2
MATURE AGE MICROLIGHT PILOT SURVIVES CRASH AT TYABB IN VIC
BRITISH PARAPLEGIC MICROLIGHT PILOT DAVE SYKES ARRIVES IN OZ

3
ABC NEWS HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR LAKE EYRE CLAIMS 3-LIVES
CESSNA 210 LANDS SHORT AT KUNUNURRA IN WEST OZ
SEARCH FOR 2-PERSONS MISSING IN ULTRALIGHT NEAR EMERALD IN QLD
ANGEL FLIGHT CRASH AT WALLUP IN VICTORIA CLAIMS TWO LIVES
PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING AT GRAFTON SOUTH IN NSW
PILOT SURVIVES CRASH LANDING ON PROPERTY NEAR WILCANNIA

4
WHEELS-UP LANDING AT MOREE SUCCESSFUL FOR VIC PILOT
MICROLIGHT PILOT DAVE SYKES COMPLETES RECORD FLIGHT UK TO OZ
LAKE EYRE CHARTER FLIGHT CESSNA 206 IN SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING
CLAIM LODGED AGAINST BARRY HEMPEL'S ESTATE OVER YAK-52 FATALITY

July
1
 CASA GROUNDS TIGER AIRWAY'S TEN A320 AIRBUS AIRCRAFT IN OZ
2
 FEMALE HELICOPTER PILOT INJURED IN CRASH AT CUTTABURRA IN QLD
 TIGER AIRWAYS GROUNDING BY CASA BOOSTS OZ SHARES & SUPERFUNDS
 LOCAL AUSSIE PILOT BEHIND TIGER AIRWAYS GROUNDING BY CASA

3
 FATAL CROP-DUSTER ACCIDENT NEAR DIRRANBANDI IN SOUTH-WEST QLD
 AIRCRAFT WITH 5 POB 'LOST & FOUND' SWAN HILL TO WHITE CLIFFS

4
 FEMALE HELICOPTER PILOT FOUND DECEASED IN R-22 CRASH IN WEST OZ
 THAI AIRWAYS BOEING 777 'BELOW-SAFE' ON APPROACH TO MELBOURNE
 AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA IN MILLION DOLLAR SEX HARASSMENT CASE
 BELL 206L HELICOPTER CRASH IN SYDNEY'S NORTH CLAIMS TWO LIVES

June
1
 CHARTER AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR STUART H'WAY IN THE NT
 HELICOPTER EMERGENCY IN BRINDABELLA RANGES NEAR CANBERRA
 HOME-BUILT EMERGENCY LANDING IN PADDOCK AT POMONA SUCCESSFUL
 C152 EMERGENCY LANDING ON WOLLONGONG GOLF COURSE SUCCESSFUL
 PILOT & GOVERNMENT WORKERS INJURED IN HELICOPTER PRANG IN FNQ
 ATSB RELEASES FINAL REPORT ON FATAL MID-AIR AT MOORABBIN AIRPORT

2
 QANTAS OVER-REACTS CANCELLING SERVICES DUE VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD
 MATURE AGE GYROCOPTER PILOT SURVIVES CRASH NEAR BUNDABERG

3
 TOP AEROBATICS PILOT INJURED IN AIR-SHOW CRASH AT BARRABA IN NSW
 PIPER MALIBU EMERGENCY LANDING AT MEEKATHARRA IN WEST OZ
 AUSSIE AIRSHIP PILOT KILLED DURING PROMOTIONAL FLIGHT IN GERMANY
 RARE WW2 ERA B-17 BOMBER DESTROYED AFTER ENGINE FIRE

4
 FATHER & SON TEAM UP FOR FUNDRAISING FLIGHT IN THEIR SPITFIRE
 ULTRA-LIGHT SEAPLANE CRASH INTO LAKE JINDABYNE CLAIMS TWO LIVES
 HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES POWER-LINE STRIKE NEAR INNISFAIL IN FNQ

May
1
 HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES AFTER CONTACTING POWER-LINES IN FNQ
 US MILITARY CREATE DAY-OF-RECOMPENSE FOR TERRORIST LEADER
 QLD GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS WIDE BAY AIR-SHOW FOR GENERAL AVIATION

2
 HELICOPTER CRASH AT DALGONALLY IN QLD CLAIMS PILOT'S LIFE
3
 RAAF INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SAFE AFTER PC-9A EMERGENCY EJECT
 BANKSTOWN SQUIRREL HELICOPTER CRASH INJURES PILOT
 AIRSHOWS & FLY-INS - MARYBOROUGH - WATTS BRIDGE - RAGLAN

4
 ASLEEP ON THE JOB - TRAINEE PILOT LUCKY TO SURVIVE IN SOUTH OZ
 CIRCUMNAVIGATION ATTEMPT IN SOLAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT IN 2013
 UK's DAVE SYKES ATTEMPTING SOLO FLIGHT TO OZ IN MICROLIGHT

April
1
 STORM FRONT CREATES HAVOC WITH AIR-SHOW PARTICIPANTS IN USA
2
 GYROCOPTER INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT SURVIVE NIGHT SWIM IN WEST OZ
 PILOTS OBJECT TO NEW MASTER PLAN FOR ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED FLYING THE SAND DUNES IN WEST OZ

3
 16-YEAR-OLD HELICOPTER PILOT'S FIRST SOLO AT MAROOCHYDORE
 PILOT INJURED IN CROPDUSTER ACCIDENT NEAR BAMBAROO IN FNQ
 PIPER PILOT TRAINING AIRCRAFT UP FOR AUCTION AT ARCHERFIELD

4
 MICRO-LIGHT CRASH NEAR BALRANALD IN NSW CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT
 R44 HELICOPTER ACCIDENT AT LILLI PILLI CLAIMS WIFE OF PILOT
 TASMANIAN MICROLIGHT STUDENT KILLED - INSTRUCTOR SURVIVES
 GYROCOPTER PILOT FATALLY INJURED IN CRASH NEAR COONAMBLE
 BUNBURY NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT TURNS SOUR FOR PERTH PILOT
 POWER COMPANY BUYS TWO SEABIRD SEEKERS FOR GRID MANAGEMENT

March
1
 CHINA BUYS CIRRUS LIGHT AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING PLANT IN USA
 M20 NOSE-WHEEL DRAMA AT PERTH'S SECONDARY AIRPORT - JANDAKOT
 LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND AERO COMMANDER NOT FOUND BY THE AMSA

2
 PILOT INJURED AFTER HOME-BUILT CRASHES ON MAIDEN FLIGHT
 JABIRU CRASH-LANDING ON EYRE PENINSULA IN SOUTH OZ
 AFP SEIZE AIRCRAFT BOATS AND CARS LINKED TO PROCEEDS OF CRIME
 JABIRU PILOT INJURED LANDING AT ROADHOUSE IN WEST NSW

3
 MEGABUCKS TO REALIGN ARCHERFIELD'S RUNWAYS NOT NEEDED
4
 PRIVATE NIGHT FLIGHT TURNS TRAGIC ON APPROACH TO MOREE AIRPORT
 CASA TARGETS FLY-FOR-FUN-AND-PLEASURE CHOPPER PILOT IN THE NT
 CESSNA 172 ENDS UP IN-THE-DRINK IN WEST OZ's SHIPWRECK AREA
 EMERGENCY LANDING IN CAIRNS FOR QANTAS A330 WITH FIRE IN COCKPIT
 PASSENGERS LIVES AT RISK AFTER CASA FAILS TO RAMP-CHECK QANTAS

February
1
 STUDENT PILOT INJURED IN CLIFTON ULTRALIGHT ACCIDENT IN QLD
 CHARTER PILOT LOST IN ACCIDENT DEPARTING THE NT'S TIWI ISLANDS
 SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN NSW
 TWO KILLED IN R-44 HELICOPTER CRASH AT CESSNOCK IN NSW
 PRIVATE AIRPORTS FLOURISH AFTER PRIVATISATION

2
 ULTRALIGHT CRASH-LANDS ON ROAD NEAR JACOBS WELL AIRSTRIP
 RAAF ROULETTES GROUNDED - REPLACED BY KAVANAGH HOT-AIR BALLOON
 FLYING SKILL AVERTS CRASH AFTER LOSS OF RUDDER IN CROPDUSTER
 TWO ESCAPE IN CHEROKEE STREET CRASH SOUTH-WEST OF SYDNEY
 BARON WHEELS-UP LANDING AT NHULUNDUY IN GULF OF CARPENTARIA
 STRADBROKE ISLAND AIRSTRIP NEAR DUNWICH FOR SALE

3
 ARCHERFIELD LIGHT AIRCRAFT AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UNDER ATTACK
 SLATTERY AUCTION HOUSE WITHDRAWS CHARTER AIRCRAFT FROM SALE

4
 AERO COMMANDER FREIGHTER OVERDUE INTO HORN ISLAND IN FNQ
 HUSBAND RESCUES WIFE FROM CROC INFESTED VICTORIA RIVER IN THE NT
 CESSNA 172EV - FLYING TRAINING COSTS SIGNIFICANLY REDUCED

January
1
 ENGINE FAILURE IN JABIRU CLAIMS PILOT'S LIFE IN WEST VIC
 NOTAM - ROCKHAMPTON AIRPORT CLOSED DUE FLOODING
 REX AIRLINE PASSENGERS TERRIFIED AFTER ENGINE FAILURE

2
 GOONDIWINDI FLOOD RELIEF WORK DISRUPTED BY ULTRALIGHT
 LIGHT AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING CENTRAL OZ
 ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT SPARED IN 2011 FLOOD
 QLD FLOODS WREAK HAVOC WITH GRANTHAM BASED AIRCRAFT
 HOME-BUILT PITTS CRASH NEAR INGHAM IN FNQ CLAIMS 2-LIVES
 STRONG WINDS FLIP GA-8 AIRVAN AT ALDINGA IN SOUTH OZ
 ROCKY AIRPORT CLOSED FOR NEXT 3-WEEKS OR MORE

3
 PILOT KILLED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH NEAR GOONDIWINDI
 PILOT INJURED IN CROP-DUSTER CRASH AT ST. GEORGE
 THREE LIGHT AIRCRAFT EMERGENCIES IN THE NT IN 24 HRS
 DH-82 CRASH NEAR TABLE TOP MOUNTAIN IN QLD INJURES TWO

4
 FOUR RESCUED FROM HELICOPTER PRANG IN WHITSUNDAYS
 AIRCRAFT AUCTIONS CONTINUE AS BANKS TIGHTEN POLICY

2010
December
1
 GOVERNMENT INQUIRY INTO AIRLINE PILOT TRAINING & SAFETY
 LAST DEPARTURES - CREED • RAGLAN - HUGHES • ARCHERFIELD LAME

2
 DUIGAN BI-PLANE HAD BUCKLEY'S CHANCE OF SUCCESS
 2 SURVIVE HELICOPTER CRASH IN FNQ AFTER ENGINE FAILUE
 JABIRU IN FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILUE
 USA's FAA RE-REGISTERS THEIR AIRCRAFT 4-YEARS AFTER OZ
 FINGER TROUBLE - TASSIE CHARTERED PA-31 LANDS WHEELS-UP
 WHITNEY BOOMERANG MANUFACTURER IN RECEIVERSHIP

3
 AIR CHARTER PILOT ESCAPES INJURY IN WEST OZ PRANG
 CROP-DUSTER PILOT KILLED IN CRASH NEAR DIRRANBANDI
 CESSNA 182 OVER-RUNS KEPPEL AIRSTRIP - MINOR INJURIES
 AIRCENTRE SERVER STATISICS - NOV 2002 -v- DEC 2010

4
 PAIR SURVIVE SA OUTBACK AFTER JABIRU ENGINE FAILURE
 PILOT INJURED IN GYROCOPTER PRANG AT BLYTH IN SOUTH OZ
 RINGER SURVIVES HELICOPTER PRANG AT EMERALD FLOOD OPS
 ASYMMETRIC TRAINING CLAIMS TWIN-COMANCHE AT CAMDEN
 PILOT INJURED IN GYROCOPTER PRANG AT REMOTE NT STATION

November
1
 ANOTHER QANTAS JET IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT SINGAPORE
 QANTAS SUPERJUMBO IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT SINGAPORE
 QANTAS GROUNDS ENTIRE A380 SUPERJUMBO FLEET
 GRAFTON SKYDIVE C-206 DAMAGED IN FORCED LANDING
 THE AVIATION ADVERTISER INTERNET SUSPENSION LIFTED
 THE AVIATION ADVERTISER INTERNET WEB-PAGE SUSPENDED

2
 ULTRA-LIGHT DEMOLISHED BY GUST OF WIND NEAR GLADSTONE
 HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR ROLLESTON CLAIMS PILOT'S LIFE
 EARLY AVIATION HISTORY LESSON - SMITHY'S LAST FLIGHT

3
 FATAL MICROLIGHT ACCIDENT IN GOULBURN CIRCUIT AREA
 LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR INNISFAIL IN FNQ INJURES TWO
 STUDENT PILOT'S SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING DUE WEATHER
 GREY NOMADS IN PA31-350 EMERGENCY LANDING IN SOUTH OZ

4
 AUSTRALIAN DESIGNED AIRVAN IN FORCED LANDING IN UK
 USA REPORTS ON AUSTRALIAN INVOLVED IN FATAL ACCIDENT
 ARCHERFIELD'S FTA MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP RE-BORN

October
1
 CHOPPER PILOT KILLED AT REMOTE NT CATTLE STATION
 HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING IN VICTORIAN BUSH
 FLIGHT TRAINING AT ARCHERFIELD IN RESTRUCTURE CLOSEURE

2
 ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED TO FLIGHT TRAINING AUSTRALIA
 HELICOPTER CRASHES ON WAY TO BATHUST MOTOR RACE
 FTA CONTINUES WITH RESTRUCTURE CLOSEURE

3
 CATTLE SPOTTING AT DURHAM DOWNS IN QLD CLAIMS TWO LIVES
 AIRVAN EMERGENCY LANDING IN BASS STRAIT DUE WEATHER
 AIRBUS A330 IN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER CAPTAIN DIES

4
 FLOATPLANE FLIPS AFTER TAKE-OFF AT GREEN ISLAND IN FNQ
 REPLICA SPITFIRE CRASH NEAR GYMPIE CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT

September
1
 FOX GLACIER SKYDIVE ADVENTURE ACCIDENT CLAIMS 9-LIVES
 QLD GOVERNMENT PROCLAIMS CABOOLTURE AIRPORT STAYS
 QANTAS ENGINE EXPLOSION - FATAL ACCIDENT IN PNG

2
 FLYING FOR FUN 'N PLEASURE SUPPRESSED BY REGULATIONS
 BRISBANE FLYING GROUP'S GRUMMAN PRANG AT MURGON

3
 LOOMING SHORTAGE OF PILOTS AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
 ULTRALIGHT TRIKE PRANG AT BEES CREEK INJURES PILOT
 PILOT LOST IN CROP-SPRAYER ACCIDENT IN WEST OZ

4
 RC-114 PRANG DISRUPTS GRAND FINAL FOOTY FEVER IN GEELONG
 MUSTERING CATTLE BY AIRCRAFT INJURIES 2 IN WEST QLD
 PA31 NIGHT FREIGHTER EMERGENCY LANDING IN TASMANIA
 THUNDER MUSTANG DEMOLISHED LANDING AT RENO AIR-RACE

August
1
 SOUTH OZ EMERGENCY LANDING IN RIVERLAND REGION
 WEST OZ BARON IN LANDING MISHAP AT PORT HEDLAND

2
 GLADSTONE DROP-ZONE CESSNA 206 IN FORCED LANDING
 CESSNA 210 IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT COROWA AIRPORT
 AIRCRAFT AUCTIONS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE INDUSTRY
 ROYAL VIC AERO CLUB C-152 ENDS UP IN SUBURBAN BACKYARD

3
 GYROCOPTER PILOT INJURED IN EMERGENCY LANDING
 KIWI-LAND MiG-21 SOVIET ERA 'COLD-WAR' FIGHTER AUCTION
 MI HELICOPTER'S FORCED LANDING NEAR MARYBOROUGH
 ROYAL QLD AERO CLUB AT ARCHERFIELD ON THE MOVE

4
 HELICOPTER STRIKES HANGAR DOOR DEPARTING JANDACOT
 RQAC'S 45 YEAR ROUND-ROBIN AIRPORT SOJOURN
 DANISH HOME-BUILT SPACE ROCKET READY FOR LAUNCH

July
1
 AIRVAN CLIPS HANGAR APPROACHING ORANGE AIRPORT IN NSW
 ULTRALIGHT MAYDAY AT COOMBAH IN OUTBACK NSW

2
 CESSNA C-210 CRASH IN WA GOLDFIELDS ENTRAPS OCCUPANTS
 CESSNA C-210 EMERGENCY LANDING AT DARWIN
 OZ DESIGNED AND BUILT AIRVAN IN WORLD CIRCUMNAVIGATION

3
 NOSTALGIA - 41 YEARS AGO TO-DAY @ 1251 BRISBANE LOCAL
 NT PRANGS - C172 AT AUSTRAL DOWNS - HOME BUILT AT KAKADU
 PNG'S CHIEF ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR EXPIRED CONTRACT
 SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT RECORDS - MANNED AND UNMANNED

4
 C-182 FORCED LANDING NEAR ARCHER RIVER IN FNQ
 BANKSTOWN AIRPORT HANGAR OWNER DISPUTE RESOLVED
 LIFE OF CANADIAN CF-18 PILOT MEASURED IN MICO-SECONDS
 PRIVATISATION OF OZ GOVERNMENT OWNED AIRPORTS RESULT

June
1
 BANKSTOWN MAYHEM - DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIQUIDATES
 RAAF HERCULES RICHMOND AIRBASE EMERGENCY LANDING

2
 ARCHERFIELD AIRCRAFT AUCTION • X•FLIGHT TRAINING AUSTRALIA
 INITIATED 25 YEARS AGO - RESULTS ARE NOT AS EXPECTED

3
 AEROMEDICAL PA-31P CRASHES ONTO STREET IN SYDNEY'S WEST
 HELICOPTER PILOT LOST IN CATTLE MUSTERING ACCIDENT

4
 SKYDIVE AIRCRAFT IN FORCED LANDING AT COFFS HARBOUR
 CESSNA C-172 FOUND PARTLY SUBMERGED IN LAKE IN NSW
 HANGAR OWNER DEBACLE UNDER AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION

May
1
VICTORIAN GYROCOPTER PILOT IN SOUTH OZ FATALITY
LIGHT AIRCRAFT CLOSES CANBERRA AIRPORT IN THE ACT

2
TWO INJURED IN WEST OZ TRAINING FLIGHT ACCIDENT
STRUCTURAL FAILURE IN DRIFTER ULTRALIGHT CLAIMS TWO

3
HELICOPTER PILOT DIES IN WIRE-STRIKE IN VICTORIA'S EAST
TV NEWS REPORT ON TRAINING ACCIDENT AT TOORBUL
ULTRALIGHT PILOTS SURVIVE CRASH ON FRENCH ISLAND
MICROLIGHT AEROCHUTE IMPACTS THE ONLY TREE IN PADDOCK

4
HELICIOPTER TAIL-ROTOR STRIKE INJURES PILOT IN FNQ
TASSIE AIRLINER EMERGENCY LANDING AT LAUNCESTON
NEW SMALL AIRPORT PROPOSAL FOR GATTON AREA
HOME-BUILT ULTRALIGHT FORCE LANDS ON LAKES BEACH
UPCOMING AUCTIONS AND SUPREME COURT HEARINGS

April
1
CATTLE PRODUCERS MATRIARCH DIES IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH
VICTA AIRTOURER FORCE LANDS ON TASSIE H'WAY
SUBMARINE APPROACH AT NIGHT CLAIMS PA-28 AT MOORABBIN

2
GERMAN BACKPACKER INJURED BY ULTRALIGHT PROPELLOR
FIRST SOLO ENDS IN DISASTER FOR PILOT AT BANKSTOWN
PILOT KILLED IN CROP-DUSTER ACCIDENT NEAR AYR IN FNQ
ROTARY-WING LANDING ACCIDENT AT ARCHERFIELD INJURES 3

3
RED BULL RACE PILOT KINDLEMANN ENDS UP IN SWAN RIVER
AUSSIE 2nd IN PERTH'S RED BULL AIR-RACE RESULTS

4
MURPHY REBEL FORCED LANDING AFTER WINDSCREEN FAILURE
KIWI MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASH CLAIMS 3 ON ANZAC SERVICE
AUSSIE MILITARY HELICOPTER AT THE FOOTY FOR ANZAC

March
1
 BANKSTOWN'S AEROSPACE AVIATION LIQUIDATION AUCTION
 FORMATION OF 40 DC-3/C-47'S TO CLEBRATE 75TH ANNIVERSITY
 TRAINING CESSNA DAMAGED ON LANDING AT WARRNAMBOOL
 SWEDISH AIRLINE PILOT FLIES 13 YEARS WITH FAKE LICENCE

2
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN FNQ CRASH
3
 AUCTION OF LIGHT AIRCRAFT USED IN MEXICO DRUG TRADE
 REVISION of NEWS REPORTS - THIS WEEK in 1997 to 2007

4
 PA-30 TWIN COMANCHE AND TWO PILOTS LOST NEAR PERTH
 NORTHERN RIVERS AERO CLUB'S JABIRU IN FORCED LANDING
 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PILOT INJURED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH
 EMERGENCY LANDING FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT NEAR KILCOY
 LOST GYROCOPTER PILOT FOUND - AUTOGYRO IN WORLD TRIP
 TRAINING FLIGHT MALFUNCTION CLAIMS TWO PILOTS AT DARWIN

February
1
 CESSNA C210 UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSE LANDING DARWIN
2
 F-111's GROUNDED AFTER EMERGENCY AT SINGAPORE AIR-SHOW
 SA AIRLINES' USE OF VISUAL COMMS TO EDUCATE PASSENGERS
 EMERGENCY LANDING AT PERTH'S JANDAKOT AIRPORT
 VICTORIA'S MORNINGTON PENINSULA CLAIMS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT

3
 DERANGED PILOT SUICIDES INTO TAXATION BUILDING IN TEXAS USA
 PRANG AT GEELONG AIRPORT INJURIES TWO AND WRECKS C-152
 2009 - TOUGHEST YEAR EVER FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURES

4
 PILOT INJURED IN EMERGENCY LANDING SOUTH OF PERTH
 CESSNA 206 EXTENSIVILY DAMAGED BY CESSNA 207 IN THE NT
 CESSNA 206 EMERGENCY LANDING ON PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN NSW

January
1
 
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2
 LANDING MISHAP INJURES THREE AT TYABB AIRPORT IN VIC
 EMERGENCY LANDING IN VINEYARD AFTER DEPARTING MITTAGONG
 GOLD COAST SEAPLANE HITS SANDBANK DURING TAKE-OFF
 EVANS HEAD AERODROME HOSTING GREAT EASTERN FLY-IN

3
 MICROLIGHT PILOT LOST DEPARTING ENGLAND FOR AUSTRALIA
 CATTLE MUSTERING R-22 ROBBO PRANG NEAR ROCKHAMPTON
 CESSNA 208 EMERGENCY LANDING IN WEST OZ UNSUCCESSFUL
 LANDING MISHAP IN THE NT - POLICE PRAISE PILOT

4
 MILITARY NOMAD CRASH DEPARTING AWANG IN PHILIPPINES
 SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR ROBBO HELICOPTER NEAR KYOGLE
 GYROCOPTER PILOT FOUND DECEASED AT JINDABYNE AIRPORT
 TASMANIAN PILOT SAVES VICTA AIRCRAFT IN BEACH LANDING
 NEW PIPERSPORT COMPETES WITH CESSNA FOR LSA MARKET

2009
December
1
 SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING WEST OZ ULTRALIGHT
 SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING VICTORIAN ULTRALIGHT
 TASSIE MEDIA JOURNALIST FORCE-LANDS TB-10 LIGHT AIRCRAFT
 RESTORED RUSSIAN YAK-18T FORCE LANDS NEAR CROWS NEST
 RARE 2-SEAT SPITFIRE DAMAGED ON LANDING IN KIWI LAND
 POWERLINES SNARE ULTRALIGHT IN NSW CLAIMING LIFE OF PILOT

2
 WISE PILOT'S PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN VICTORIA
 ONE LIFE LOST IN ONE OF THREE HELICOPTER ACCIDENTS IN NSW

3
 ARCHERFIELD'S DC4 DEPARTS THE AIRFIELD
 SURVEY AIRCRAFT PRANG ON THE NULLARBOR IN WEST OZ
 ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE TAKE TO USING LARGE HEAVY JETS
 HELICOPTER PRANG IN VICTORIA CLAIMS PILOT'S PRIDE

4
 CORBY STARLET SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR BALLARAT IN VIC
 HEAVY PASSENGER JETS ON COLLISION COURSE IN THE NT
 WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS CLAIM ANOTHER LIGHT AIRCRAFT

November
1
 PILOT ARRESTED IN WEST OZ DRUG BUST AT JANDAKOT AIRPORT
 STUDENT PILOT LOOSES CONTROL IN X-LANDING AT COOLANGATTA
 EMERGENCY LANDING FOR TRAINING SCHOOL LIGHT AIRCRAFT
 ARCHERFIELD'S DC4 PREPARING TO DEPART THE AIRFIELD

2
 WEATHER COSTLY FOR QANTAS JET 60 SEC LATE FOR LANDING
 AIRLINE PILOT ARRESTED IN LONDON ON SUSPICTION OF DRINKING

3
 MILLION DOLLAR WESTWIND JET DITCHED INTO PACIFIC OCEAN
 AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE OF KIWI PILOT
 RARE ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING SUPERSONIC FIGHTER LOST

4
 SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING FOR 'DOWNS PILOT OF C182
 HOMEBUILT LANCAIR PRANG INJURES PILOT DEPARTING BATHUST

October
1
 CESSNA WITH 3 POB INVERTS ON LANDING AT APOLLO BAY IN VIC
 ACCIDENTS CLAIM TWO LIVES IN WA - CROPDUSTER & ULTRALIGHT

2
 PRIVATE FLYING FATAL ACCIDENT STATISTICS HUGE IMPROVEMENT
3
 BANKSTOWN RUNWAY CLOSED FOR REMOVAL OF CRASHED C152
 FNQ ULTRALIGHT 'COWBOY' PILOT FINED FOR UNLICENCED FLYING
 ULTRALIGHT PILOT FOUND DECEASED IN WRECKAGE NEAR HAY

4
 PRIVATE LIGHT AIRCRAFT FLYING IN CHINA SET TO BOOM
 PRIVATE LIGHT AIRCRAFT FLYING IN OZ HAS CRASHED

September
1
 PILOT INJURED IN EMERGENCY LANDING SOUTH WEST OF SYDNEY
2
 GERMAN PASSENGER JET IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT STUTTGART
 RAAF BASE PLAYS HOST TO CIVIL SECTOR AFTER DARWIN CLOSURE

3
 AUTHENTIC WW11 HAWKER HURRICANE MK-11A WARBIRD AUCTION
 NEW ZEALAND AVIATION INDUSTRY CELEBRATE 1000TH AIRCRAFT

4
 PILOT ARRESTED FOR HARASSMENT BY LIGHT AIRCRAFT
 KINGAROY AIRPORT TO CLOSE FOR MODEL PLANE COMPETITION

August
1
 MICROLIGHT ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT IN WESTERN VICTORIA
 INCORRECT HAND START AT COOBER PEDY CLAIMS LIGHT AIRCRAFT
 PRANGS INJURE THREE IN NSW - 2 IN SAILPLANE - 1 IN ULTRALIGHT

2
 ULTRALIGHT HELICOPTER ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE OF OWNER-BUILDER
 EMERGENCY BEACON ALERTS AUTHORITIES TO PRANG IN THE NT
 MICROLIGHT PILOT INJURED WHILST ATTENDING WEST OZ FLY-IN
 KIWI PILOT OF CHOPPER IN HUDSON RIVER MID-AIR WITH PA-32

3
 TOURIST DIES IN ULTRALIGHT ACCIDENT NEAR PINE CREEK IN THE NT
 PILOT DIES IN CESSNA ACCIDENT NEAR WINTON IN OUTBACK QLD

4
 PILOT SAFE IN CRASH LANDING AT REMOTE COMMUNITY IN THE NT
 FEMALE AEROBATIC PILOT KILLED DURING AIR-SHOW IN ENGLAND

July
1
 HELICOPTER PILOT LOST IN TRAINING ACCIDENT ON GOLD COAST
 HELICOPTER ON FISHING TRIP IN WEST OZ's KIMBERLY FORCE LANDS

2
 'GREY NOMAD' DISRUPTS C337 TWIN IN EMERGENCY LANDING IN NSW
 INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT SURVIVE PA-30 TWIN PRANG IN KIWI-LAND

3
 CONTROL FAILURE FORCES EMERGENCY LANDING FOR ULTRALIGHT
4
 FIVE SURVIVE CESSNA C-206 EMERGENCY LANDING IN WA
 WORLD'S GREATEST AIR-SHOW STARTS TO-DAY

June
1
 MICROLIGHT FATALITY IN HUNTER VALLEY REGION OF NSW
 AIR FRANCE AIRBUS A330-200 MISSING OFF BRAZILIAN COAST

2
 TOURISTS INJURED IN HELICOPTER PRANG ON GOLD COAST
3
 CAPTAIN OF PASSENGER JET DIES OVER ATLANTIC OCEAN
 CHEROKEE-SIX FORCED LANDING NEAR BROOME IN WEST OZ
 FOG CREATES CHAOS FOR PASSENGERS ON JETSTAR FLIGHT

4
 MISSING ROBBO CHOPPER LOCATED IN WEST OZ
 CHOPPER PILOT BATED BY CROC IN THE NT - ROBBO SNARED
 CALOUNDRA'S AIR MUSEUM OPEN COCKPIT DAY JULY 4-5th 2009

May
1
 TWO HELICOPTER PILOTS KILLED DURING CATTLE MUSTERING IN WA
 ULTRALIGHT DOWN AT NORMANTON IN FAR NORTH QLD
 LAWSUIT OVER FATAL C404 TITAN ACCIDENT AT JANDAKOT IN 2003

2
 ULTRALIGHT DESTROYED IN ACCIDENT NEAR CUNNAMULLA IN QLD
 CESSNA C210 ENDS UP IN DAM ON ISLAND IN GULF OF CARPENTARIA

3
 WILD WEATHER CREATES HAVOC ACROSS AUSTRALIA
 OZ AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE - ISSUE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

4
 CESSNA C152 STUDENT PILOT LANDING MISHAP AT MOORABBIN
 TRAINING AIRCRAFT COLLIDE ON THE TAXIWAY AT BANKSTOWN
 PIPER NAVAJO EMERGENCY LANDING IN SNOWY MOUNTAINS
 CANBERRA AIRPORT'S MISSING NOSE-WHEEL FROM C182 LOCATED

April
1
 PILOT INJURED IN HELICOPTER CRASH AT PROSERPINE IN QLD
2
 REPLICA BI-PLANE DAMAGED IN TAKE-OFF ACCIDENT AT WATTS BRIDGE
 BENALLA GLIDER TUG DEMOLISHED IN LANDING INCIDENT IN VIC
 TRAINEE PILOT WRECKS GROB AT PARAFIELD AIRPORT IN SOUTH OZ
 JABIRU J430 HOME-BUILT EMERGENCY LANDING IN TASMANIA

3
 HELICOPTER PRANG IN WEST VIC CLAIMS LIFE OF YOUNG PILOT
 TASSIE HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT CRASH AT LAUNCESTION INJURES PILOT
 BEACHGOERS RESCUE PIPER SUPER-CUB ON QLD's SUNSHINE COAST
 USA's NTSB RECOMMENDS GROUNDING OF ZODIAC CH-601XL AIRCRAFT
 PIPER CHIEFTAIN IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT OAKEY AIR BASE

4
 PASSING STORM SEVERLY DAMAGES 22 LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN CANADA
March
1
 USA SUPER BOMBER EMERGENCY LANDING AT TULLAMARINE AIRPORT
 GIPPSLAND ULTRALIGHT CRASH INJURIES 2 AT HISTORIC RACE MEET
 FEMALE COMMERCIAL PILOT UP-ENDS SPOTTER AIRCRAFT IN WEST OZ

2
 CROP-DUSTER PILOT SURVIVES BLAZING CRASH IN VICTORIA
 HOME-BUILT RV-6A FLIPS ON LANDING AT SUNBURY'S PRIVATE AIRPORT

3
 OZ DESIGNED GR912 LIGHTWING UPENDED ON AIRSTRIP AT COOMINYA
 AIRCRAFT AUCTIONS AND AIRLINE LIQUIDATIONS UNDERWAY IN OZ

4
 MD-11 WIDE BODY JET FLIPS-OVER AFTER LANDING BOUNCE IN JAPAN
 NEW DATA ON SMITHY'S LADY SOUTHERN CROSS WHEREABOUTS

February
1
 Piper PA-31 Chieftain Emergency Landing into Darwin Harbour
 Ultralight Prang Injuries Pilot at Vic's Latrobe Valley Airport

2
 Air Traffic Controllers Threaten Industrial Action over Pay Dispute
 CASA's New Boss to Oversee Senate Committee Recommendations

3
 Archerfield Aviator - Keith Carmody - Final Departure
 Gyro Magni Gyrocopter Kills Pilot in Accident at Home Hill
 Fraser Island's Orchid Beach Airstrip Claims another Aircraft - Jabiru
 Microlight Landing Accident on Lockyer Valley Road Injuries Female

4
 NT Station Aircraft Damaged in Forced Landing in Remote Outback
 Pilot Lost in PA-28 Accident in Flooded FNQ Channel Country
 'Pip' Borrman - Australia's Top Aerobatic Pilot - Killed in Crash
 Highlight of News Desk Report on Archerfield from Eleven Years Ago

January
1
 2009 - Aircraft Manufacturers in OZ - Survival of the Fittest
2
 Home-Built Bushby Mustang Prang in Victoria Claims Life of Pilot
 Descendants of John Robertson Duigan injured in Ultralight Prang

3
 High Profile OZ Aerobatics Champion Killed During Practice
 Alien Avian Downs US Passenger Jet - Lands NY's Hudson River

4
 MacAir Airlines Placed in Voluntary Receivership by New Owner
 Royal QLD Aero Club Cessna C172 in Forced Landing at Greenbank

2008
December
1
 War Vintage PBY-5A Catalina Arrival in OZ Imminent
2
 Operational Status at Williamtown Tower Challenged by Dick Smith
 Student Pilot Solo Landing Practice at Bankstown Damages XL-2
 Dad's Aussie Air Force Completes Rescue of Flying War Memorial

3
 Mid-Air Collision South-West of Sydney Claims 2 Lives - 2 Escape
4
 Professional Pilot Lost in Crop-Duster Accident in Central NSW
 Lake Buccaneer Amphibian Accident Departing Boonah Airstrip
 Festive Season Light Aircraft Accidents Claim Two Lives
 Airservices Issue NOTAM for Pilots about Sleigh on Christmas Eve

November
1
 Royal QLD Aero Club's Cessna Cutlass in Wheels-Up Landing
 Is James Andersson the Most Skillful Pilot Alive - or a Hoax?
 China to ease Restrictions on Flying Private Light Aircraft

2
 Search Underway for Missing Light Aircraft in FNQ
 4 Lost when Private IFR Navajo Impacts Ground near Bathurst

3
 Chopper Accident in SA Injures Workers on Power-Line Maintenance
 Survival of Secondary Airports in OZ in Delicate Balancing Act

4
 Two Killed in Thorp T-18 Home-Built at WA Serpentine Airstrip
 Two Killed in Vans RV-7 Home-Built at NT Station Property
 Royal Victorian Aero Club Aircraft in Emergency Landing

October
1
 Dunk Island Airstrip in FNQ - Tick one Aircraft Damaged
 Steve Fossett's Aircraft Located on Sierra Nevada Mountains
 Air Shows - Amberley Military is Go - Kiwi-Land Civil Postponed
 Whitney Boomerang Leaves Archerfield for Kiwi-Land Demo Tour

2
 Microlight Aircraft Used in Illegal Drug Smuggling Operation
 Ultralight Pilot Survives Crash Landing in Southern NSW
 Beech Bonanza in Emergency Landing in Remote Part of West OZ
 Qantas Mayday - Emergency Landing at Learmonth in West OZ

3
 NT's Arnhem Land Light Aircraft Prang - The 2nd in 3 Days
 Honeymooning Couple Survive Light Aircraft Accident near Camden
 MAF GA8 Airvan and Pilot Lost in Arnhem Land
 Whitney Boomerang Lands in Kiwi-Land after 17 hours Flying

4
 Brisbane Jet Returns & Lands after Threats from Drunk Passenger
 Tiger Moth Damaged - Pilot Injured at Antique Aeroplane Air-Rally
 Two Queensland Tourists Injured in West OZ Microlight Prang

September
1
 Four Escape Helicopter Ditching in Townsville Harbour
 Barry Hempel Lost in Yak-52 Warbird Adventure Flight
 Motor-Glider Accident Claims Two Lives at Watts Bridge Airstrip

2
 OZe in World's Fastest Motor Sport - at RENO Nevada
 Final Farewell for Archerfield's Most Colourful Character
 Darwin Based Cessna C-210 Forced Landing Destroys Aircraft
 Winged Parachutist 'Fusion Man' to Attempt English Channel Crossing

3
 Concerns for Missing Charters Towers Glider Pilot
 Light Aircraft Prangs on Long Approach to Longreach Airport
 Helicopter Accident Claims 4 Lives near West OZ Bungle-Bungles
 Cessna 206 Reported Missing on Bankstown-Archerfield Flight

4
 Fatal Crop-Duster Accident on QLD's Darling Downs
 Beech Super King Air in Wheels-Up Landing at Adelaide Airport
 Private Pilots Embarrassed - One in Victoria - One in Queensland
 Seven Survive Tourist Helicopter Prang in WA's Kimberley Region
 Foreign Student Pilot Killed in Liberty XL-2 near Badgerys Creek
 Hempel's Flying School at Archerfield Airport Closed Down
 Winged Parachutist Attempts English Channel Crossing
 Power Lines Snare Private Aircraft Operating out of Private Airstrip

August
1
 Inquest Starts into 2004 Piper Cheyenne Accident near Benalla
2
 RAAF Fighter Trainer in Mid-Air Emergency near Armidale
 FAA to Auction Take-Off and Landing Slots at Busy Airports
 OZ General Aviation Industry Action Agenda Report Released

3
 Student Pilot Escapes Injury in Training Accident at Jandakot
 Pilot Missing after Crashed Microlight discovered on Goat Island
 GPS Simulator Mode may be cause of Benalla Flight Error
 Student Pilot Escapes Injury in Training Accident at Bankstown

4
 Search Underway for Archerfield's Yak-52 on Warbird Adventure Flight
 Forced Landing for Victorian Doctor after Engine Fails
 Royal Victorian Aero Club Training Aircraft Mid-Air Collision
 Perth's Jandakot Airport Based Piper Arrow in Forced Landing
 Archerfield's Royal Queensland Aero Club Relocation Complete
 Ultralight in Emergency Landing Approaching Caboolture Airport

July
1
FNQ Airline Operator's War with OZ Government Aviation Regulator
Decline of General Aviation in Australia - Report from USA's AvWeb
Warnervale Airport based Home-Built Destroyed - Pilot Safe
Downturn in Recreational Flying at Snoopy's Home Airport in USA

2
Search Underway in FNQ for Missing Ultralight with 2 POB
• Ultralight wreckage located at Ewan Station 100 ks west of Townsville •
Qantas Clean in Senate Enquiry - No Infringements in 20 Years
OZ Senate Enquiry into CASA Management Structure

3
Young OZe Wins International Section of NASA's Aircraft Design Award
Pilot Injured in Twin Prang North of the Isa in Western QLD

4
Personal Jet-Pack Draws Large Crowds at Oshkosh Air-Show
3-Dimension Synthetic Vision Display Released for Light Aircraft
Qantas B747 Passenger Jet in Explosive Decompression Emergency

June
1
 Aircraft Museums Blossom as Fuel & Maintenance Costs Soar
2
 Maintenance Defects Double on Qantas Passenger Jets
3
 Chartered Helicopter Prangs in FNQ - All 4 On-Board Escape Serious Injury
 Archerfield's Flight Training Australia Humphrey Maltman's Last Departure
 Airlines and Recreational Flying Feeling the 'Pinch' as Fuel Costs Skyrocket

4
 Two Injured in Ultralight Accident near Newcastle in NSW
 CASA Grounds Cairns Based Aero-Tropics for 5-Days over Safety Issues
 Royal Queensland Aero Club Relocation on Archerfield Airport

May
1
 Perth Airport in Emergency Closure over Four Suspect Packages
2
 Charted Robinson R44 Prangs in Remote Kimberley Area of West OZ
 Caloundra's Pending Airport Closure Defies Trends - Local Operator Expands
 Kiowa X-Military Helicopter Stolen from Bankstown Located at Taree Airport

3
 Light Aircraft Crash in FNQ Claims Life of Cessna C210 Pilot
4
 Nanchang Warbird Crash Claims Life of Pilot during Aerobatics Practise
 Victorian Ultralight Prang Claims Life of Passenger - Pilot Injured
 OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van Case Up-Date

April
1
 Mustang VH-BOB in Wheels-up Landing -Ultralight Runs Off Airstrip on Landing
 Whitsunday Islands Claim another PA-32 Aircraft - 5 On-Board Survive Ditching
 Rhys Thomas on Way Home after 13 Weeks Detention in Singapore

2
 Metro Freighter and Pilot Lost in Sea Off Sydney's South Coast
 State Government Bureaucrats and Local Councillors in Emergency Landing
 Electrical Linesman and Pilot Injured in MD-500 Helicopter Accident

3
 Gyrocopter Prangs on Sand-Bar at Mouth of Burdekin River in Nth QLD
 Military Aardvark gets New Nose Job after taking on Pelican at 3000'
 Archerfield Based MacAir Airlines has New Owner - x-Miner Terry Byrt

4
 Unmanned Aerial Surveillance Vehicles to Stay Aloft for 5-Years
 Lost Ultralight Prangs in FNQ - Two on Board Escape Serious Injury

March
1
 Charted Helicopter Joy-Flight Crash - Pilot and 4 Passengers Seriously Injured
 Aussie Pilot Stuck Overseas - Singaporean Authorities Deny Return Application

2
 Structural Failure in Home-Built Zodiac Claims Two Lives off QLD's Gold Coast
 NSW Based Piper Aztec Used in Largest Ever Drug Bust in West OZ

3
 Mandatory Biennial Flight Review Claims Experienced Aerobatic Pilot
 Media Mayhem Over Grounding of OZ Light Aircraft - Bendix FCU

4
 Archerfield Pilot Training Stalwart - Gordon Jenkinson - Last Departure
 OZ Aviator's Plea for Return to OZ Fails to Deter Singaporean Authorities

February
1
 Light Aircraft Emergency Landing at Sydney's Bankstown Airport
 OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van at Archerfield Airport

2
 Helicopter and Light Aircraft Collide Mid-Air in Remote Part of West OZ
 Fuselage Wrinkled in Heavy Landing of Qantas Boeing 717 at Darwin

 Attempted Hijack of Commuter Passenger Aircraft in Kiwi-Land

3
 OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van Case Adjournment
 Ultralight Flying Boat Prang off Sydney's Northern Beaches

 Mid-Air between Helicopter & Cessna C152 Claims 3 Pilots in Kiwi Land
4
 Mid-Air Collision Between Wee-Waa Crop-Sprayers Claims Senior CPL Pilot
January
1
 Electric Powered Flight - THE Challenge for Recreational Flyers in 2008
 The Safest Year to Fly - in Airliners and Light Aircraft Excluding Rotary-Wings
 Year 2007 News Desk Review of Trends and Highlights from Reports

2
 First Production Whitney Boomerang Delivered to West OZ Flying School
 Pilot Escapes Uninjured after Power-Lines Snare Crop-Duster at Mungindi

3
 Light Aircraft Take-Off Crash Landing at Bankstown Airport
 British Airways Boeing 777 Lands Short at Heathrow Airport - All Survive

 New Tenants for Hangar 3 at Archerfield - Ground Time

4
 Private Light Aircraft Aids NSW Police in Apprehending Illegal Pig Hunters
 Cessna C172-C150 in Mid-Air Collision in USA - 5 Lives Lost

2007
December
1
 Life Lost when Ultralight and Light Aircraft Collide at Latrobe Valley in VIC
 • Victorian Aircraft Accidents Claim 7 Lives in 4 Months •
2
 Col Pay Feared Dead in Crash at Lake Liddell in NSW Hunter Region
 • Experimental Water-Scoop on Converted Crop-Duster Possible Cause •
 4-Seat Piper Demolished in Forced Landing on VIC's Mornington Peninsula
3
 • JetCraft • Major Archerfield Based Aviation Company in Financial Trouble
 Wires Snare Cessna 150 in WA - Two Onboard Escape Serious Injury
 Training Twin in Trouble at Scone with Heavy Landing Go-Around

4
 Cessna 210 Retractable in Wheels-Up Landing at Atherton in FNQ
 R-44 Professional Pilot Lost Departing Melbourne's Pier 35 Helipad
 Ultralight Pilot and Passenger Escape after Dunking in Dam in FNQ
 Low-Time Private Pilot Successful Emergency Landing in Beech A36
 West OZ Ultralight Prang Claims Two Experienced Recreational Pilots

November
1
 Pilot Shortage Proof - Oze Election Campaign Hires Overseas Aircraft & Pilots
 Rex Suspends Queensland Flights due Pilot Shortage
 Archerfield Light Aircraft Emergency Attracts the Best in the Business
 Darwin Airport Emergency Delays Passenger Jets

2
 Airservices Shut Down of 27 VHF Aviation Repeaters - Dick Smith NOT HAPPY
 German Tourists Killed - C-172 Snares Wire on World's Longest Runway
 Gyrocopter Pilot Training at Echuca Turns Tragic for Instructor & Student
 Engine Failure during Take-Off in Boeing 737 at SA's Cape Town Airport

3
 Cessna C337 with 4 POB Impacts Sea in Southern Victoria
 Professional Pilot Lost in Cessna 172 Accident in Remote North-West of OZ
 Having a Bad Day at the Office - Made an Error - Few Million $'s Worth?
 Light Aircraft Activity Continues Downward Trend from Peak of 30 Years Ago

4
 Tassie 2-Seat Home-Built Ultralight Prang Claims Two Lives
 Home-Built Gyrocopter Accident Injures Pilot - 6 Emergency Vehicles Respond
 QANTAS Fined in USA for Price-Fixing of International Air Cargo Rates

October
1
 Archerfield's Hangar 6 Tenants - Jetline - Move to Brisbane International
2
 Bribie Island Road used for Emergency Landing of Van's RV7 Home-Built
 Parafield Airport Runway Closed after C182 Landing Accident

3
 Pilot Missing in WA - Emergency Services Locate Wreckage of Aircraft
 Freight Aircraft Engulfed in Flames at Alice Springs Airport - Pilot Escapes
 Cessna 210 Undercarriage Extension Failure at Port Lincoln in South OZ
 Transition® - Storing of Light Aircraft in Hangars at Airports - Is The End Near?
 Ultralight Leads Migratory Flock of North American Whooping Cranes

4
 Wild Storm Wrecks Light Aircraft and Hangars at Gayndah in Central QLD
 OLD Pilot Training School Taken-Over by NEW Flying School at Archerfield

September
1
 Launch of Glider by Winch and Cable near Goulburn turns Fatal
 Ultralight Emergency Landing Practice on North Stradbroke Island turns Real

2
 Three Race Pilots Killed at Reno Air Races in Nevada
 Adventurer Steve Fossett Missing in Nevada USA

3
 Air Race Mania - Rocket Powered Machines Gearing up to Race
 Aircraft Crashes from around the Globe - Passenger Jet - Formation Prang
 USA's CIA Veterans Reminisce over Retired A-12 'Blackbird' Spy Aircraft

4
 Cattle Muster in West OZ turns Fatal with Loss of Pilot and Helicopter
 Fairchild Metroliner in Engine-Out Emergency Landing at Whyalla in South OZ
 The Search for Steve Fossett Continues Three Weeks after Disappearance

August
1
 Safety Standards Breached at Archerfield - Pilots Challenge Government
 Severe Weather Claims Twin-Engine Aircraft and Two Lives in Victoria's North

2
 Aussie wins NASA Challenge for Sport Aircraft in Slovenia Pipistrel Virus
 OZ Designed and Built Whitney Boomerang Commences Production
 Aircraft Looses Wing in Landing Accident at Bankstown

3
 Pilots and Operators Get Political over Archerfield's Aviation Safety Standards
 Kiwi Built Fletcher and Pilot Lost in Far North Queensland
 $15,000 Supercat Ultralight Down in Blue Mountains Area - Pilot Injured

4
 Dick Smith Donates $100,000 to Airservices for Control Tower Services
 CASA Grounds High-Time Cessna 400 Series Prop-Jets in OZ
 Rain-Soaked Paddock Inverts Drop-Zone Cessna C182 after Forced Landing
 Wild Wallaby takes on Beech B200 Super King Air at Tindal RAAF Base
 American Paul MacCready - Father of Human Powered Flight - Last Departure

July
1
 Headset Saves Passenger in Turbo-Prop Explosive Decompression @ 20,000ft
2
 End of 60 Year Era at Archerfield - George Ditchmen's Final Departure
3
 Landing Mishap in USA Claims Famous P-51D Warbird and 'New' Owner Pilot
 Landing Mishap at Perth's Jandakot Airport with PA-32 Claims Pilot's Pride
 Ultralight Emergency Landing West of Caboolture in SE QLD Successful

4
 Landing Accident at Oshkosh Air-Show Claims Mustang Warbird and Pilot
 Explosion at Rutan's Spaceport Facility at Mojave USA Claims Three
 Landing Accident at Caboolture Claims Aircraft and Pilot's 20 Year Dream
 Gyrocopter Landing Accident Claims Pilot at Applethorpe in SE QLD
 Experts Agree - Airline Pilot Shortage Affecting Safety Standards Worldwide

June
1
 Tools-of-Trade Work Van Denied Access to the Job on Archerfield Airport
2
 Mackay Marine Pilot in Ocean Ducking along with Chopper Pilot
 Raglan's Old Station Long Weekend Fly-In 2007 Report
 Longreach - Final Resting Place for First Qantas Passenger Jet

3
 Joyflight in Home-Built Ultralight Turns Tragic for Sunshine Coast Family
 Jabiru attracted to South OZ Vineyard -
Ends up Inverted on Grape Vines
 Mid-Year Mid-Month Statistics - International Visitors - Click to View
4
 Noel Notley - Archerfield Personality from the '70/80's - Memorial Service
 Kiwi Kerfuffle over B1900 Commuter Prop-Jet Emergency Landing Aerodrome

May
1
 Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 with 114 POB Lost En-route to Nairobi
2
 Light Aircraft Tie-Down "Bomb" -- It Could Only Happen In the UK ...Wrong!
3
 Two Killed in Microlight Accident at FNQ's Oak Valley
 Blue Mountains Light Aircraft Prang - Two POB Rescued

4
 Bad Weather Claims Piper Arrow Turbo at Esperance - Three Lives Lost
 QLD Station Property Helicopter Pilot Injured in Crash

 West OZ Real Life Hero Stuff in BD-5B Fire Engulfing Prang
 Hempel's Flying School C172 Wrecked in Cross-Country Training Flight
 Charted Cherokee Six Ditches in Torres Strait after Engine Malfunction
 Another New - But Really Old - Flying School Starts up at Archerfield

April
1
 CASA's Poor Surveillance of Regional Airlines in ATSB Report
 Non-Standard Instrument Approach Contributes to Air Disaster

 Cirrus Ballistic Parachute Fails to Save Pilot & Passenger from Injury
 Parachute Saves Student Pilot after Inadvertent Ejection Seat Activation

2
 Easter Prangs - Perth's B200 - Melbourne's C152 - Ultralights x 2 - One Fatality
3
 Legendary World War II Fighter Ace Bobby Gibbes Final Departure
 Ultralight Tragedy at Howard Airpark - 2 Killed after Allegro Clips Trees
 Helicopter Pilot Injured in Crop-Duster Accident at Walkerston in QLD
 Holden Lightship Airship Returns to Archerfield

4
 Jabiru in Emergency Landing near Bundaberg - The Ultralight's Birthplace
March
1
 OZ Enters Race to Space with New Rocket Launch Facility
 Christmas Island Set to be Spaceport for Aurora Vehicles

2
 Pilots in Spotlight after Passenger Jet Crash at Yogyakarta
 Five Australians Killed when Boeing B737 Slides off Runway

 WA's Uranium Mining Executive Killed in South African Light Aircraft
 Beachgoers Entertained by Ultra-Light Landing at Victoria's Phillip Island

3
 Administrator Appointed to Arena Aviation P/L Company
 Archerfield to Redcliffe Operational Transfer Unsuccessful

 OZ Government $20M Plus Surveillance Radar Bungle in Torres Strait
 Top OZ Government Bosses in RAAF C-130 Hercules Emergency Landing
 Roma Light Aircraft Prang - Single-Engine Aircraft Damaged

4
 OZe Light Aircraft Industry Decline Continues with Closures
 Maintenance Engineering and Flying Training Expertise Lost

 Rockwell Commander Landing Prang at Blackall in Central West QLD

February
1
 Helicopter Accident in North-West NSW Highlights Dangers of Rescue
 Westpac Rescue Rotary-Wing Wrecked Responding to Emergency Call

 QANTAS B747 in Emergency Landing at Sydney after Engine Failure
 Twin Lost in Emergency Landing at Coolangatta after Engine Failure
 Cirrus Aircraft Emergency West of Sydney - Pilot & Passenger Injured

2
 ATSB Seek Assistance to Locate Cirrus Ballistic Parachute Panel
3
 Brazil now Ranks Third in Number of Aircraft Sold Globally
 Largest Manufacturer of Light Aircraft in Expanding Economy

 QANTAS Flight Attendant Sacked after Mile-High Romp with British Actor

4
 Vans RV-4 Home-Built Kit-Aircraft Destroyed - Two Lives Lost
 Glider Pilot Killed in Training Accident at Lake Keepit Airstrip
 Bankstown Training Flight Ends Prematurely with Crash of TB-10 Tobago
 Indonesia's Adam-Air Heavy in HEAVY Landing Closing Main Airport

January
1
 Overhead Wires Continue to Pluck Light Aircraft from the Sky
 Power-Lines Snare Crop-Duster Working in the 'Downs Area

 Cessna 172 Trainee Pilot Attracted to Drainage Ditch at Moorabbin Airport
 Boeing & OZ Governments Contribute $54 million for Scramjet Research

2
 Aircraft Parachute Fails to Save Occupants of Sting Ultralight
 Local Goulburn Pilots Lost when Aircraft Encounters Problems

3
 Jaguar Fighter Explodes Mid-Air During Live-Firing Exercise
 Indian Air Force Pilot and Aircraft Lost - 2 Years 13 Aircraft

 Pilot Aborts Take-Off at Bankstown - Lands and Collapses the Undercart
4
 Captain of Boeing Passenger Jet Incapacitated During Flight
 Co-Pilot Takes Over Command - Successfully Lands Aircraft

 Sydney Basin Courses for Horses Invaluable in Light Aircraft Emergencies




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