January 15 2006
Air tours promoter Mal Shipton and his GOANA Australian Air Safaris - operator of a large fleet
of light aircraft for overseas tourists to go "fly-yourself" on outback safaris - has closed the hangar doors for the
last time
Government agencies introduced a new set of rules - all in the name of security - that Mal found were impossible to
abide by in this previously lucrative business especially for aircraft operating under visual flight rules (VFR)
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"By simply introducing a complex and time sensitive set of rules and refusing to listen to
the people it affected - they have stifled the success we had hitherto enjoyed"
It's ironic that overseas visitors really want to see OZ at it's best - that is from around 3000' AGL -
and there is really no other way for scenic flights to operate other than "visual" - weather can cause "time sensitive"
delays operating VFR
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