Vickers Viscount 27 Years Lost
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February 20
A Vickers Viscount prop-jet that vanished 27 years ago in Ecuador has been
located on the South American's highest mountain, Mount Chimborazo
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Wreckage of the Saeta Airlines aircraft was found on the side of a
volcano at 16,000 feet and 4000 feet below the summit
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"..the Ecuadorian aircraft went missing in August, 1976 it was carrying
59 passengers on a flight from the city of Cuenca to the country's capital, Quito"
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Media Source:- AirWise
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A Heavy in Adelaide Emergency
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February 20
A Beech 1900, with 15 people on board, and incorrectly reported in the
media as a light aircraft, made an emergency landing at Adelaide airport around 1540 hours
after smoke entered the cockpit
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 The aircraft landed without
further incident and after disembarking the passengers it was despatched to the maintenance hangar for repairs
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Note:- Max take-off weight for this type of aircraft is around 7600 kgs -
light aircraft max is 5670 kgs
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Media Source:- ABC
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February 20
A Cessna C210P, hi-jacked from Hedlow airfield near Yeppoon in central
QLD around 1600 hrs Wednesday, finished up landing in Mackay without further drama
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The hi-jacker brandished a bayonet and commandeered the 6 place Cessna
C210 aircraft as the owner/pilot was refuelling
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 Police arrested a male occupant, one of only
two persons on board, and took him into custody after he surrendered to police after landing
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Media Source:- News.com.au
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Toowoomba Boomerang Flies
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February 14
Around 1630 hours Friday Matt Denning's warbird, the CA-13 Boomerang,
flew for the first time in almost 60 years
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 The Toowoomba based and OZ designed fighter
of WW11, A46-122, once served with RAAF 83 Squadron back in August 1943
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 It has taken Matt more than 25 years of
painstaking research and effort to restore this now immaculate aircraft into flying condition
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Boomerang Links HERE and
HERE
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Concorde in Canadian Emergency
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February 20
 A supersonic Concorde operated by
Air France carrying carrying 47 passengers and 9 crew made an emergency landing in Nova Scotia, Canada after it experienced
an engine problem
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The aircraft was enroute from Paris to New York when one of it's 4 engines failed during supersonic
flight forcing the aircraft to divert to Canada for safety reasons
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Media Source:- ABC
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Super Heavyweight at Brisbane
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February 20
 A French Super Air Bus made a flying visit
to Brisbane to-day to drop off demo attack and troop carrying helicopters for our military brass and local pollies to
evaluate
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 Yawn, ..it's a boring job
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The "Super Air Guppy" is recognised as the largest aircraft of it's type in the world
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Media Source:- Local TV
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