February 1 
Over the past year or two the number of accidents involving the training of pilots in light aircraft have increased to a frighteningly high level that have claimed lives and aircraft

News Desk records show over 16 lives lost - including experienced pilots and a number of emergency procedures with one-engine-out

February 1 
So your having a bad day at the office? - spare a thought for these poor guys having to explain the reason of why this happened!

February 3 
Classic image of USA's Thunderbirds F-16 "Pilot Error" accident at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho last September

"The pilot incorrectly climbed to 1,670 feet AGL instead of 2,500 feet before initiating the pull-down to the Split-S manoeuvre ...his home base Nellis AFB in Nevada used during practice is 1,000 feet lower than the Idaho field elevation"

February 4 
The Federal Government announced to-day that it is ordering a squadron of Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles for the Australian Defence Forces in a deal worth up to $1 billion

"It has a 35m wingspan that makes it bigger than a Boeing 737 and it can fly for 38 hours and cover 14,000 Km"

In 2001 a G-Hawk flew 7,500 miles from the USA to RAAF Edinburgh military base near Adelaide in a 22+ hour un-refuelled and non-stop flight - news of that "Spy Plane" report is HERE