AirCentre Aviation News Digest - September 2004

Week Three
2004

Dick Smith Takes-On Airservices in Federal Court Action
"Not Happy" with Authorities Returning to Previous System

Dick Cranky Over Changes by Airservices to the New National Airspace System
September 21 Dick Smith is in the Federal Court in Sydney to-day in an "Application for an Order of Review" of Airservices changes to the NAS The application for the Court Order is HERE - more about the reasons for the court action via Dick's "Flyer" web page HERE - refer also to Week Two	Dick has claimed that the authority controlling our OZ airspace did not take sufficient consideration to counter arguments he submitted against changes to the original NAS model in which he was heavily involved This action will delay any implementation of the "November 25 2004" airspace changes as advised to all 30,000+ OZ pilots on a recent Airservices mail-out

Passenger Door Located

September 14
The ATSB advise that the passenger door from a pressurised Beech Super King-Air turbo-prop charter aircraft they were looking for last week has been located

"The door was located to the south-west of Theodore in Central Queensland"

Refer Week Two for details

USA Hornet Fighter Down at Tindal

September 9
A USA Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter has crashed about 16km from the Tindal RAAF base in the NT

"The pilot of the F/A-18 was reported to have ejected before the crash"

The Tindal RAAF base was playing host to a squadron of Hornets that had been in training for operation "Southern Frontier"

Media:- The Courier-Mail

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