The Dick Smith piloted Cessna Citation was seen again at Archerfield on Wednesday May 16

A new study has found that air crashes involving female pilots are mostly due to mishandling of the plane while those with male pilots are more often due to flawed decision-making and inattention

Swedish company Volvo is linking up with British Rolls-Royce in a risk and revenue sharing partner in two Rolls-Royce engine programs for the RR Trent 500 and 900 gas turbines to power the Airbus A340-500-600 and the new high-capacity A380 planned for service in 2006

OZ Court hears accident aircraft "a disaster waiting to happen" from an "on condition" vacuum pump that failed at a critical time in IFR conditions with no backup system for flight instruments

Light aircraft vacuum pumps are an "on condition" item, the pump manufacturer nominates the time for replacement as "recommended", it is not a mandatory time-life critical component as backup basic instruments are mandatory for IFR flight

Queensland Museum's Ted Wixted, aviation historian and author of various books on early Queensland fliers and famous OZ aviators including "Smithy", has departed on his last and never-ending journey to the stars

Ted was well known by Archerfield aviators for his dedication and interest in early aviation history and was the main instigator of a mini airshow on May 23 1981 to celebrate Archerfield's 50^th Anniversary as an airfield

An Aeromed twin-engine Cessna 402 failed to gain sufficient flying speed shortly after take-off at Maroochydore airport on May 18 and descended into the ground


Sunshine Beach owner pilot - Doctor Richard Heath - suffered suspected spinal injuries as a result of the forced landing and his passenger, potential new owner (?) Gerry Geltch is reported to have suffered facial injuries

A 57 year-old mother of three piloting a Piper PA28 Dakota, escorted by two RAF Harrier jets, landed at the Birmingham International Airport in the United Kingdom during the week completing a 4-month solo circumnavigation of the Earth, the first for a women flying a single-engine aircraft