During the past week three CASA board members out of a total of seven have left or resigned from their position on the CASA Board.¹ 


 ¹Source:- www.abc.net.au and www.news.com.au


These resignations appear to have been prompted by the two enquiries into Ansett maintenance practices and the relationship CASA has with Ansett


² More on the CASA "Tail Spin" HERE

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigating CASA and "probe the grounding of seven Boeing 767 aircraft" has also struck severe turbulence with two resignations

The director of safety investigations has left her job along with the deputy secretary of the Department of Transport who also happened to be a CASA Board member, but has now resigned from that position as well ¹

Mid-week saw the landing of what must now be a rare sight for the airfield - a private corporate jet arriving for business purposes

The Dick Smith piloted Cessna Citation arrived at Archerfield almost unnoticed compared with previous years

The News Desk's last recorded visit was back in October 1998 when Dick was Board Chairman of CASA

This interesting bit of news was extracted from the Airservices NOTAM's; more details HERE

A SERIES OF 3 HIGH ALTITUDE SCIENTIFIC BALLOON FLIGHTS WILL BE LAUNCHED FROM ALICE SPRINGS BETWEEN JAN AND MAR 2001. THE FLIGHTS WILL INVOLVE A CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH AT ABOVE 100,000FT. IT IS INTENDED THE 2000 KG PAYLOAD WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE BALLOON BY GROUND SIGNAL AND RECOVERED BY PARACHUTE OVER THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND. TRACKING PROVIDED BY GROUND STATION TRACKING ON BOARD GPS. HAZARD ALERTS WILL BE ISSUED OCTA. THE FLIGHT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 14 DAYS