News Items of Interest - Light Aircraft Focus - Sourced & Compiled from AirCentre Resources

	2008 ARCHIVES Mouse Over Selected Month and/or Weekly Report and Click to View Details JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER January 1  Electric Powered Flight - THE Challenge for Recreational Flyers in 2008  The Safest Year to Fly - in Airliners and Light Aircraft Excluding Rotary-Wings  Year 2007 News Desk Review of Trends and Highlights from Reports 2  First Production Whitney Boomerang Delivered to West OZ Flying School  Pilot Escapes Uninjured after Power-Lines Snare Crop-Duster at Mungindi 3  Light Aircraft Take-Off Crash Landing at Bankstown Airport  British Airways Boeing 777 Lands Short at Heathrow Airport - All Survive  New Tenants for Hangar 3 at Archerfield - Ground Time 4  Private Light Aircraft Aids NSW Police in Apprehending Illegal Pig Hunters  Cessna C172-C150 in Mid-Air Collision in USA - 5 Lives Lost February 1  Light Aircraft Emergency Landing at Sydney's Bankstown Airport  OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van at Archerfield Airport 2  Helicopter and Light Aircraft Collide Mid-Air in Remote Part of West OZ  Fuselage Wrinkled in Heavy Landing of Qantas Boeing 717 at Darwin  Attempted Hijack of Commuter Passenger Aircraft in Kiwi-Land 3  OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van Case Adjournment  Ultralight Flying Boat Prang off Sydney's Northern Beaches  Mid-Air Collision of Helicopter & Cessna C152 Claims 3 Pilots in Kiwi Land 4  Mid-Air Collision Between Wee-Waa Crop-Sprayers Claims Senior CPL Pilot March 1  Charted Helicopter Joy-Flight Crash - Pilot and 4 Passengers Seriously Injured  Aussie Pilot Stuck Overseas - Singaporean Authorities Deny Return Application 2  Structural Failure in Home-Built Zodiac Claims Two Lives off QLD's Gold Coast  NSW Based Piper Aztec Used in Largest Ever Drug Bust in West OZ 3  Mandatory Biennial Flight Review Claims Experienced Aerobatic Pilot  Media Mayhem Over Grounding of OZ Light Aircraft - Bendix FCU 4  Archerfield Pilot Training Stalwart - Gordon Jenkinson - Last Departure  OZ Aviator's Compassionate Plea Fails to Deter Singaporean Authorities April 1  Mustang VH-BOB in Wheels-up Landing - Ultralight Runs Off Airstrip on Landing  Whitsunday Islands Claim another PA-32 Aircraft - 5 On-Board Survive Ditching  Rhys Thomas on Way Home after 13 Weeks Detention in Singapore 2  Metro Freighter and Pilot Lost in Sea Off Sydney's South Coast  State Government Bureaucrats and Local Councillors in Emergency Landing  Electrical Linesman and Pilot Injured in MD-500 Helicopter Accident 3  Gyrocopter Prangs on Sand-Bar at Mouth of Burdekin River in Nth QLD  Military Aardvark gets New Nose Job after taking on Pelican at 3000'  Archerfield Based MacAir Airlines has New Owner - x-Miner Terry Byrt 4  Unmanned Aerial Surveillance Vehicles to Stay Aloft for 5-Years  Lost Ultralight Prangs in FNQ - Two on Board Escape Serious Injury May 1  Perth Airport in Emergency Closure over Four Suspect Packages 2  Charted Robinson R44 Prangs in Remote Kimberley Area of West OZ  Caloundra's Pending Airport Closure Defies Trends - Local Operator Expands  Kiowa X-Military Helicopter Stolen from Bankstown Located at Taree Airport 3  Light Aircraft Crash in FNQ Claims Life of Cessna C210 Pilot 4  Nanchang Warbird Crash Claims Life of Pilot during Aerobatics Practise  Victorian Ultralight Prang Claims Life of Passenger - Pilot Injured  OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van Case Up-Date June 1  Aircraft Museums Blossom as Fuel & Maintenance Costs Soar 2  Maintenance Defects Double on Qantas Passenger Jets 3  Chartered Helicopter Prangs in FNQ - All 4 On-Board Escape Serious Injury  Archerfield's Flight Training Australia Humphrey Maltman's Last Departure  Airlines and Recreational Flying Feeling the 'Pinch' as Fuel Costs Skyrocket 4  Two Injured in Ultralight Accident near Newcastle in NSW  CASA Grounds Cairns Based Aero-Tropics for 5-Days over Safety Issues  Royal Queensland Aero Club Relocation on Archerfield Airport July 1  FNQ Airline Operator's War with OZ Government Aviation Regulator  Decline of General Aviation in Australia - Report from USA's AvWeb  Warnervale Airport based Home-Built Destroyed - Pilot Safe  Downturn in Recreational Flying at Snoopy's Home Airport in USA 2  Search Underway in FNQ for Missing Ultralight with 2 POB • Ultralight wreckage located at Ewan Station 100 ks west of Townsville •  Qantas Clean in Senate Enquiry - No Infringements in 20 Years  OZ Senate Enquiry into CASA Management Structure 3  Young OZe Wins International Section of NASA's Aircraft Design Award  Pilot Injured in Twin Prang North of the Isa in Western QLD 4  Personal Jet-Pack Draws Large Crowds at Oshkosh Air-Show  3-Dimension Synthetic Vision Display Released for Light Aircraft  Qantas B747 Passenger Jet in Explosive Decompression Emergency August 1  Inquest Starts into 2004 Piper Cheyenne Accident near Benalla 2  RAAF Fighter Trainer in Mid-Air Emergency near Armidale  FAA to Auction Take-Off and Landing Slots at Busy Airports  OZ General Aviation Industry Action Agenda Report Released 3  Student Pilot Escapes Injury in Training Accident at Jandakot  Pilot Missing after Crashed Microlight discovered on Goat Island  GPS Simulator Mode may be cause of Benalla Flight Error  Student Pilot Escapes Injury in Training Accident at Bankstown 4  Search Underway for Archerfield's Yak-52 on Warbird Adventure Flight  Forced Landing for Victorian Doctor after Engine Fails  Royal Victorian Aero Club Training Aircraft Mid-Air Collision  Perth's Jandakot Airport Based Piper Arrow in Forced Landing  Archerfield's Royal Queensland Aero Club Relocation Complete  Ultralight in Emergency Landing Approaching Caboolture Airport September 1  Four Escape Helicopter Ditching in Townsville Harbour  Barry Hempel Lost in Yak-52 Warbird Adventure Flight  Motor-Glider Accident Claims Two Lives at Watts Bridge Airstrip 2  OZe in World's Fastest Motor Sport - at RENO Nevada  Final Farewell for Archerfield's Most Colourful Character  Darwin Based Cessna C-210 Forced Landing Destroys Aircraft  Winged Parachutist 'Fusion Man' to Attempt English Channel Crossing 3  Concerns for Missing Charters Towers Glider Pilot  Light Aircraft Prangs on Long Approach to Longreach Airport  Helicopter Accident Claims 4 Lives near West OZ Bungle-Bungles  Cessna 206 Reported Missing on Bankstown-Archerfield Flight 4  Fatal Crop-Duster Accident on QLD's Darling Downs  Beech Super King Air in Wheels-Up Landing at Adelaide Airport  Private Pilots Embarrassed - One in Victoria - One in Queensland  Seven Survive Tourist Helicopter Prang in WA's Kimberley Region  Foreign Student Pilot Killed in Liberty XL-2 near Badgerys Creek  Hempel's Flying School at Archerfield Airport Closed Down  Winged Parachutist Attempts English Channel Crossing  Power Lines Snare Private Aircraft Operating out of Private Airstrip October 1  Dunk Island Airstrip in FNQ - Tick one Aircraft Damaged  Steve Fossett's Aircraft Located on Sierra Nevada Mountains  Air Shows - Amberley Military is Go - Kiwi-Land Civil Postponed  Whitney Boomerang Leaves Archerfield for Kiwi-Land Demo Tour 2  Microlight Aircraft Used in Illegal Drug Smuggling Operation  Ultralight Pilot Survives Crash Landing in Southern NSW  Beech Bonanza in Emergency Landing in Remote Part of West OZ  Qantas Mayday - Emergency Landing at Learmonth in West OZ 3  NT's Arnhem Land Light Aircraft Prang - The 2nd in 3 Days  Honeymooning Couple Survive Light Aircraft Accident near Camden  MAF GA8 Airvan and Pilot Lost in Arnhem Land  Whitney Boomerang Lands in Kiwi-Land after 17 hours Flying 4  Brisbane Jet Returns & Lands after Threats from Drunk Passenger  Tiger Moth Damaged - Pilot Injured at Antique Aeroplane Air-Rally  Two Queensland Tourists Injured in West OZ Microlight Prang November 1  Royal QLD Aero Club's Cessna Cutlass in Wheels-Up Landing  Is James Andersson the Most Skillful Pilot Alive - or a Hoax?  China to ease Restrictions on Flying Private Light Aircraft 2  Search Underway for Missing Light Aircraft in FNQ  4 Lost when Private IFR Navajo Impacts Ground near Bathurst 3  Chopper Accident in SA Injures Workers on Power-Line Maintenance  Survival of Secondary Airports in OZ in Delicate Balancing Act 4  Two Killed in Thorp T-18 Home-Built at WA Serpentine Airstrip  Two Killed in Vans RV-7 Home-Built at NT Station Property  Royal Victorian Aero Club Aircraft in Emergency Landing December 1  War Vintage PBY-5A Catalina Arrival in OZ Imminent 2  Operational Status at Williamtown Tower Challenged by Dick Smith  Student Pilot Solo Landing Practice at Bankstown Damages XL-2  Dad's Aussie Air Force Completes Rescue of Flying War Memorial 3  Mid-Air Collision South-West of Sydney Claims 2 Lives - 2 Escape 4  Professional Pilot Lost in Crop-Duster Accident in Central NSW  Lake Buccaneer Amphibian Accident Departing Boonah Airstrip  Festive Season Light Aircraft Accidents Claim Two Lives  Airservices Issue NOTAM for Pilots about Sleigh on Christmas Eve   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 -  HOME