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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 4
th
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 2
nd
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
•——————>>> HELLO 2010 <<<——————•
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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