Items from OZ News Sources
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Boeing experts are focussing on a malfunctioning
air conditioning system after an explosion and fire guttered a Thai Airways aircraft
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News Report
HERE
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On Monday March 12 Ansett Flight 59 from Sydney enroute to Melbourne was aborted after the captain shut down one of the two engines on the Airbus 320 because of vibration ¹
¹Local Media Reports
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Is 2001 the Year of the Scramjet?
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USA's prototype X-43 is a hypersonic "air-breathing" scramjet engined aircraft that uses the design of the airframe to "scoop" oxygen from high altitude atmosphere
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NASA are planning three engine only test flights shortly - two at Mach 7, one at M 10
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The SR-71 is recognized as the world's fastest air breathing aircraft at just over Mach 3
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The highest speed ever attained by an aircraft was Mach
6.7 in the rocket
powered X-15 in 1967
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Archerfield Aircraft in Air Race
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Murray Rowley, local Archerfield based aircraft owner and pilot, is racing his way back to OZ in his B55 Baron along with 35 other contestants
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Air Race Entrant details
HERE
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There are two Queensland based aircraft in the race out
of a total of 7 OZ entrants, the other race local is from Noosa
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Click
HERE for race progress
by The Noosa Journal
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The official race site is HERE
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Air Show at Caboolture
Saturday 8 and Sunday September 9 2001
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Includes the Tiger Moth's 70th Anniversary celebrations of the first flight in 1931
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Click HERE for a web page on
the finer details and preparations for a 100 Tiger Moth's flight above the city of
Brisbane (and Archerfield?)
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A Rebel caught-out by a Rebel
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The Boonah based Rebel accident mentioned in
Week Three is evolving into a real mystery flight
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Click HERE for a local news report
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Flying Training Costs Escalate
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Most of the flying schools around the airfield
have increased training rates recently to compensate for the rising rental and business
operating costs
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One unseen cost is the new requirement instigated by the
State Government for all instructors to be certified as teachers¹ as well as having
to pass the regular CASA instructor rating renewal
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Meanwhile the OZ dollar continues it's downward trend,
now below .50c to the US$ Previous comment
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