April 5  2006
The President of the OZ Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Ron Bertram was the pilot of a home-built Lancair undergoing "flight testing" for the aircraft's owner at Bankstown airport when the aircraft landed heavily after an apparent engine failure and slid into a twin-engine aircraft parked near a taxiway demolishing the twin's nose wheel

Media reports suggest there may have been an engine failure shortly after take-off at around 1440hrs
"It was a classic stall ...he did a steep right-hand turn from a height of about 380m before hitting the ground upside down"
 

News Desk Comment

Ron held a commercial pilot's licence and flight instructor rating along with ultra-light and light aircraft maintenance engineer (LAME) tickets

April 4  2006
An Integral Energy Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter inspecting power-lines north-west of Sydney clipped one of them and crashed in a paddock seriously injuring one of the 3 Integral Energy employees on board - the pilot sustained a "sore neck" in the accident

 

News Desk Comment

Rotary wing machines continue to "crash" in growing numbers here in OZ - power-lines bringing down most of the choppers in recent times
 
Check out previous reports - start HERE for one week ago and continue HERE