June  12 
Archerfield is to have a new streamlined charging system for all aircraft arrivals as from July 1, 2002

The new concept is to have one invoice to cover both the airport charge and the tower's controller charge; ..previously 2 invoices

There will be a minimum charge of $15.00 up to 2 tonne (?) of the aircraft certificated max. take-off weight and $7.70 per tonne thereafter

"Arriving before the tower opens to save on costs will no longer be of any real benefit!"

June  10 
Two young men who tried to hijack an internal Ethiopian Airlines Fokker 50 half an hour into a flight were shot dead by on board security agents

"The would-be hijackers were sitting in the centre of the aircraft and got up together, one headed for the pilots' cabin while the other moved toward the rear of the plane shouting that they were going to hijack it"

The turbo-prop aircraft had taken off from Bahir Dar in the north-east for Addis Ababa in Ethiopia with 42 passengers on board

June  8 
An RFDS Beech B200 was on late approach to Dirranbandi in western QLD when the undercarriage struck a kangaroo; the landing was aborted and the B200 King-Air returned to Brisbane

The airport emergency services were called when the nose-wheel collapsed on landing

Around the same time an Horizon Airways aircraft departed Bowen in FNQ with landing gear problems

It continued on to Townsville where the undercarriage collapsed on touchdown

June  12 
Air traffic control services for both international and domestic heavy jets will be unavailable for at least 5 hours from 1600hrs on Friday June 14

  "..Civil Air Union claims Air Services Australia (ASA) is seeking to enforce a pay cut and undermine job security"

Light aircraft operations outside of the main capital city international airports are not expected to be affected

Controller staff are to attend a stop-work meeting;  ..previous News Article HERE

 June 14 
As mentioned in Week One Issue - the Cirrus aircraft market is alive and well with five aircraft delivered

A new Cirrus, SR22 550ci 310hp 185k TAS model, arrived at Archerfield on Wednesday after an uneventful flight from the USA

Of interest is the Cirrus SR20 VH-ZFA for 'our' CASA boss Mick Toller

Mick was in heaps of media generated hype a few years back ...click HERE for review

June  13 
Adventurer Steve Fossett has arrived in Northam to prepare for his 6^th attempt to fly solo around the world in a helium based hot-air balloon

"...I’m here and the weather outlook now seems good several times a week, so I will continue my training here until launch"

Steve's command centre in the USA indicates the next time period when conditions will be satisfactory for an inflation will be Tuesday, June 18