Archerfield's DC4 is in the picture again - perhaps for the last time
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Not only is it becoming more difficult to capture the aircraft
in a photo lens, just ask the University media students who were on the field during the past week
looking for a suitable backdrop for their assignment, the owner has decided to see if anyone is interested
in buying the machine
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Word also has the Hempel MiG-15 as now sold after some considerable
time on the market
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Other News Items on Twins
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June 28:
A trainee pilot and instructor were unhurt after their twin-engine Beech Baron collapsed a main undercarriage
leg at Parafield Airport in South Australia whilst undergoing circuit training
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Media Source:- HERE
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There was a similar incident involving a PA30 Piper
Twin Comanche last week at Maroochydore airport in QLD
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From Local Media Sources
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June 27:
Shortly after take-off from Nagoya airport in Japan a Japanese Airlines DC-10 rained hot metal parts onto a local
suburb nearby with some bits falling onto a factory roof, houses and a car
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Media Source:- HERE
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Reports in the OZ media on June 27 mention that a
Qantas Boeing 737 carrying 123 people narrowly missed a truck as it took off from Perth
airport on June 18
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Media Source:- HERE
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Almost a Hole-in-One on 18th
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June 23:
A pilot undergoing twin instruction at Moorabbin airport was
forced to land on a golf course in Melbourne's south-east on Saturday afternoon
Media reports indicate the twin-engine aircraft sustained some
damage when it hit a bunker at the approach to Capital Golf Course's 18th hole
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Media Source:- HERE
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'Bandit' Engine Fire 'may-day'
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 June 25:
The pilot of a twin turbo-prop 18 passenger Embraer Bandeirante was forced to land at
Cootamundra after one of the engines caught fire on a flight from Sydney to Griffith in western NSW
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Then the left main undercarriage leg failed to extend correctly after trying twice to get
it down, meanwhile the fire was trying to engulf the right engine so the pilot wisely put the aircraft
down
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Media Source:- HERE and HERE
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