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AirCentre News   June 2001
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Week Two
  Gus Day's Final Departure
Decorating No-Go - Famous Air Show Closed - WA C172 Gate Crashes
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Archerfield's Black Week Continues

Click to enlarge, Gus on right Gus Day (Angus) well known Archerfield flying instructor for the past 40 years passed away in the Greenslopes Hospital June 3 after failing to recover from surgery on Tuesday May 29


Gus's Last Departure

Service held Wednesday June 6 1000hrs in a packed "standing room only" St Phillips Anglican Church Annerley
Interred Brisbane's Mt Gravatt Anzac Cemetery

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UK's Biggin Hill Air Show Closed

June 3:
Click to enlarge Accidents with two vintage warbirds on consecutive days at the Kent air exhibition claimed the lives of three pilots cancelling the remainder of the show

A US made King Cobra failed to recover as it was performing loops and on the previous day - a restored 1950's De Havilland Vampire fighter trainer with two pilots on board - spun into the ground after a steep turn

Media Reports HERE and HERE
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"Go-Juice" Low?

Click to enlarge A Cessna C172 forced landed in a suburban vacant block of land on the way to Jandakot airport in WA last Monday June 4


The Police are quoted as saying:-
"The engine cut out, I'm led to believe he was able to start it again and then headed towards Jandakot where he again experienced problems so he decided to land"

Media Report HERE
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The High Cost of Decorations

Tuesday May 29:
Click to enlarge A Chinook helicopter with three South Korean soldiers aboard was placing a decorative sculpture atop a bridge in downtown Seoul


Click to enlarge "Something went wrong; the CH-47 tipped over and broke in two with one of the pieces falling into the Han River"

Media Reports HERE


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