September 8   The airshow had favourable weather over the 3 days of the display with a smaller than expected crowd entertained during the flying sequences by various warbirds and current military aircraft including the fuel-dumping AB igniting F-111

Sport aircraft - as in ultralights - gliders and specific aerobatic types like the Pitts - Decathlon - Caps and Lasers were conspicuous by their absence in the flying displays

Also "missing" were the privately refurbished warbird jet types - the MiG-15 and the 2 seat Hawker Hunter - that left Archerfield only a short while ago

  ...that report is HERE

September 5   The OZe Prime Minister is reported in the radio media as fearing a higher probability of a terrorist attack by a shoulder launched missile against an airliner rather than a hijack

The government is now considering a missile defensive system similar to that used by military aircraft but the heavy aircraft industry, as in Qantas, considers the concept to be far to expensive and has doubts about the effectiveness and safety of the "flare" decoy system

September 6   Media reports have light aircraft as a security risk at regional and suburban airports because owners were failing to secure their aircraft properly

"With most light aircraft around Australia you could probably walk out to the field and in five minutes find at least one that doesn't need a key and just has a starter button"

At Archerfield a number of years ago an aircraft was found to have additional time on the flight recording device and fuel missing from the tanks after the owner had filled up his private aircraft on the previous day

The illegal night flight by persons unknown was resolved by the aircraft owner by not topping up his aircraft fuel tanks until needed