February 7
The News Desk has been advised that the 30 year old Brisbane Flying Group - operator of 3 Grumman Tigers - has transferred flying operations from Sunland Flying School to Flight Training Australia
 
FTA was originally Fyfe's Flying School in the 70's and prior to that it was the Cessna Dealer (Rex) flying school of the 60's called Queensland Flying Services (QFS)

Sunland - originally started by Hawker Pacific as a Beech flying school in the 60's - was sold to Gordon and wife Jean Jenkinson around 1969
 
Sunland was then sold to Steve Maltby - the Cirrus aircraft dealer - 30 years later in February 1999
 
The News Desk report back then is HERE

February 4
An Afghan Kam Air Boeing 737 with 104 POB - reported missing after failing to land at Kabul airport due to snow - was located near Afghan capital the following day
 
The B737 was on a flight from the western city of Herat to Kabul in Afghanistan
 
The B737 wreckage has been identified but bad weather is hampering rescue attempts
 
It is believed all on board have perished

February 4
A PA34 Piper Seneca has crashed near Taupo in Kiwi Land - the charted twin with 3 POB struck a mountain approaching Taupo after initially trying to land at Kerikeri
 
Low cloud and poor visibility is considered a factor in the accident
 
The 2 passengers killed in the accident were from OZ

February 4
In the USA a corporate biz-jet aborted take-off at the Teterboro Airport and ran off the runway and crashed into a building
 
NTSB investigators "...have found no evidence of icing on the aircraft prior to takeoff 

There were no fatalities from the Bombardier Challenger 600 exiting the runway but 3 persons were hospitalised including the captain and co-pilot

February 1
Dick Smith has published a letter from a commercial helicopter pilot that highlights the very complex nature of OZ controlled airspace
 
The professional pilot mentions he finds it difficult to "decipher all the regulations" and that if it were made simpler it would be safer
 
The News Desk concurs
 
Dick's report is HERE (pop-up)