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	2010 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    •——————>>> HELLO 2010 <<<——————• 2  LANDING MISHAP INJURES THREE AT TYABB AIRPORT IN VIC  EMERGENCY LANDING IN VINEYARD AFTER DEPARTING MITTAGONG  GOLD COAST SEAPLANE HITS SANDBANK DURING TAKE-OFF  EVANS HEAD AERODROME HOSTING GREAT EASTERN FLY-IN 3  MICROLIGHT PILOT LOST DEPARTING ENGLAND FOR AUSTRALIA  CATTLE MUSTERING R-22 ROBBO PRANG NEAR ROCKHAMPTON  CESSNA 208 EMERGENCY LANDING IN WEST OZ UNSUCCESSFUL  LANDING MISHAP IN THE NT - POLICE PRAISE PILOT 4  MILITARY NOMAD CRASH DEPARTING AWANG IN PHILIPPINES  SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR ROBBO HELICOPTER NEAR KYOGLE  GYROCOPTER PILOT FOUND DECEASED AT JINDABYNE AIRPORT  TASMANIAN PILOT SAVES VICTA AIRCRAFT IN BEACH LANDING  NEW PIPERSPORT COMPETES WITH CESSNA FOR LSA MARKET February 1  CESSNA C210 UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSE LANDING DARWIN 2  F-111's GROUNDED AFTER EMERGENCY AT SINGAPORE AIR-SHOW  SA AIRLINES' USE OF VISUAL COMMS TO EDUCATE PASSENGERS  EMERGENCY LANDING AT PERTH'S JANDAKOT AIRPORT  VICTORIA'S MORNINGTON PENINSULA CLAIMS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT 3  DERANGED PILOT SUICIDES INTO TAXATION BUILDING IN TEXAS USA  PRANG AT GEELONG AIRPORT INJURIES TWO AND WRECKS C-152  2009 - TOUGHEST YEAR EVER FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURES 4  PILOT INJURED IN EMERGENCY LANDING SOUTH OF PERTH  CESSNA 206 EXTENSIVILY DAMAGED BY CESSNA 207 IN THE NT  CESSNA 206 EMERGENCY LANDING ON PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN NSW March 1  BANKSTOWN'S AEROSPACE AVIATION LIQUIDATION AUCTION  FORMATION OF 40 DC-3/C-47'S TO CLEBRATE 75TH ANNIVERSITY  TRAINING CESSNA DAMAGED ON LANDING AT WARRNAMBOOL  SWEDISH AIRLINE PILOT FLIES 13 YEARS WITH FAKE LICENCE 2  ULTRALIGHT PILOT ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN FNQ CRASH 3  AUCTION OF LIGHT AIRCRAFT USED IN MEXICO DRUG TRADE  REVISION of NEWS REPORTS - THIS WEEK in 1997 to 2007 4  PA-30 TWIN COMANCHE AND TWO PILOTS LOST NEAR PERTH  NORTHERN RIVERS AERO CLUB'S JABIRU IN FORCED LANDING  58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PILOT INJURED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH  EMERGENCY LANDING FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT NEAR KILCOY  LOST GYROCOPTER PILOT FOUND - AUTOGYRO IN WORLD TRIP  TRAINING FLIGHT MALFUNCTION CLAIMS TWO PILOTS AT DARWIN April 1 CATTLE PRODUCERS MATRIARCH DIES IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH VICTA AIRTOURER FORCE LANDS ON TASSIE H'WAY SUBMARINE APPROACH AT NIGHT CLAIMS PA-28 AT MOORABBIN 2 GERMAN BACKPACKER INJURED BY ULTRALIGHT PROPELLOR FIRST SOLO ENDS IN DISASTER FOR PILOT AT BANKSTOWN PILOT KILLED IN CROP-DUSTER ACCIDENT NEAR AYR IN FNQ ROTARY-WING LANDING ACCIDENT AT ARCHERFIELD INJURES 3 3 RED BULL RACE PILOT KINDLEMANN ENDS UP IN SWAN RIVER AUSSIE 2nd IN PERTH'S RED BULL AIR-RACE RESULTS 4 MURPHY REBEL FORCED LANDING AFTER WINDSCREEN FAILURE KIWI MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASH CLAIMS 3 ON ANZAC SERVICE AUSSIE MILITARY HELICOPTER AT THE FOOTY FOR ANZAC May 1  VICTORIAN GYROCOPTER PILOT IN SOUTH OZ FATALITY  LIGHT AIRCRAFT CLOSES CANBERRA AIRPORT IN THE ACT 2  TWO INJURED IN WEST OZ TRAINING FLIGHT ACCIDENT  STRUCTURAL FAILURE IN DRIFTER ULTRALIGHT CLAIMS TWO 3  HELICOPTER PILOT DIES IN WIRE-STRIKE IN VICTORIA'S EAST  TV NEWS REPORT ON TRAINING ACCIDENT AT TOORBUL  ULTRALIGHT PILOTS SURVIVE CRASH ON FRENCH ISLAND  MICROLIGHT AEROCHUTE IMPACTS THE ONLY TREE IN PADDOCK 4  HELICIOPTER TAIL-ROTOR STRIKE INJURES PILOT IN FNQ  TASSIE AIRLINER EMERGENCY LANDING AT LAUNCESTON  NEW SMALL AIRPORT PROPOSAL FOR GATTON AREA  HOME-BUILT ULTRALIGHT FORCE LANDS ON LAKES BEACH  UPCOMING AUCTIONS AND SUPREME COURT HEARINGS June 1  BANKSTOWN MAYHEM - DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIQUIDATES  RAAF HERCULES RICHMOND AIRBASE EMERGENCY LANDING 2  ARCHERFIELD AIRCRAFT AUCTION • X•FLIGHT TRAINING AUSTRALIA  INITIATED 25 YEARS AGO - RESULTS ARE NOT AS EXPECTED 3  AEROMEDICAL PA-31P CRASHES ONTO STREET IN SYDNEY'S WEST  HELICOPTER PILOT LOST IN CATTLE MUSTERING ACCIDENT 4  SKYDIVE AIRCRAFT IN FORCED LANDING AT COFFS HARBOUR  CESSNA C-172 FOUND PARTLY SUBMERGED IN LAKE IN NSW  HANGAR OWNER DEBACLE UNDER AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION July 1  AIRVAN CLIPS HANGAR APPROACHING ORANGE AIRPORT IN NSW  ULTRALIGHT MAYDAY AT COOMBAH IN OUTBACK NSW 2  CESSNA C-210 CRASH IN WA GOLDFIELDS ENTRAPS OCCUPANTS  CESSNA C-210 EMERGENCY LANDING AT DARWIN  OZ DESIGNED AND BUILT AIRVAN IN WORLD CIRCUMNAVIGATION 3  NOSTALGIA - 41 YEARS AGO TO-DAY @ 1251 BRISBANE LOCAL  NT PRANGS - C172 AT AUSTRAL DOWNS - HOME BUILT AT KAKADU  PNG'S CHIEF ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR EXPIRED CONTRACT  SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT RECORDS - MANNED AND UNMANNED 4  C-182 FORCED LANDING NEAR ARCHER RIVER IN FNQ  BANKSTOWN AIRPORT HANGAR OWNER DISPUTE RESOLVED  LIFE OF CANADIAN CF-18 PILOT MEASURED IN MICO-SECONDS  PRIVATISATION OF OZ GOVERNMENT OWNED AIRPORTS RESULT August 1  SOUTH OZ EMERGENCY LANDING IN RIVERLAND REGION  WEST OZ BARON IN LANDING MISHAP AT PORT HEDLAND 2  GLADSTONE DROP-ZONE CESSNA 206 IN FORCED LANDING  CESSNA 210 IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT COROWA AIRPORT  AIRCRAFT AUCTIONS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE INDUSTRY  ROYAL VIC AERO CLUB C-152 ENDS UP IN SUBURBAN BACKYARD 3  GYROCOPTER PILOT INJURED IN EMERGENCY LANDING  KIWI-LAND MiG-21 SOVIET ERA 'COLD-WAR' FIGHTER AUCTION  MI HELICOPTER'S FORCED LANDING NEAR MARYBOROUGH  ROYAL QLD AERO CLUB AT ARCHERFIELD ON THE MOVE 4  HELICOPTER STRIKES HANGAR DOOR DEPARTING JANDACOT  RQAC'S 45 YEAR ROUND-ROBIN AIRPORT SOJOURN  DANISH HOME-BUILT SPACE ROCKET READY FOR LAUNCH September 1  FOX GLACIER SKYDIVE ADVENTURE ACCIDENT CLAIMS 9-LIVES  QLD GOVERNMENT PROCLAIMS CABOOLTURE AIRPORT STAYS  QANTAS ENGINE EXPLOSION - FATAL ACCIDENT IN PNG 2  FLYING FOR FUN 'N PLEASURE SUPPRESSED BY REGULATIONS  BRISBANE FLYING GROUP'S GRUMMAN PRANG AT MURGON 3  LOOMING SHORTAGE OF PILOTS AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL  ULTRALIGHT TRIKE PRANG AT BEES CREEK INJURES PILOT  PILOT LOST IN CROP-SPRAYER ACCIDENT IN WEST OZ 4  RC-114 PRANG DISRUPTS GRAND FINAL FOOTY FEVER IN GEELONG  MUSTERING CATTLE BY AIRCRAFT INJURIES 2 IN WEST QLD  PA31 NIGHT FREIGHTER EMERGENCY LANDING IN TASMANIA  THUNDER MUSTANG DEMOLISHED LANDING AT RENO AIR-RACE October 1  CHOPPER PILOT KILLED AT REMOTE NT CATTLE STATION  HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING IN VICTORIAN BUSH  FLIGHT TRAINING AT ARCHERFIELD IN RESTRUCTURE CLOSEURE 2  ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED TO FLIGHT TRAINING AUSTRALIA  HELICOPTER CRASHES ON WAY TO BATHUST MOTOR RACE  FTA CONTINUES WITH RESTRUCTURE CLOSEURE 3  CATTLE SPOTTING AT DURHAM DOWNS IN QLD CLAIMS TWO LIVES  AIRVAN EMERGENCY LANDING IN BASS STRAIT DUE WEATHER  AIRBUS A330 IN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER CAPTAIN DIES 4  FLOATPLANE FLIPS AFTER TAKE-OFF AT GREEN ISLAND IN FNQ  REPLICA SPITFIRE CRASH NEAR GYMPIE CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT November 1  ANOTHER QANTAS JET IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT SINGAPORE  QANTAS SUPERJUMBO IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT SINGAPORE  QANTAS GROUNDS ENTIRE A380 SUPERJUMBO FLEET  GRAFTON SKYDIVE C-206 DAMAGED IN FORCED LANDING  THE AVIATION ADVERTISER INTERNET SUSPENSION LIFTED  THE AVIATION ADVERTISER INTERNET WEB-PAGE SUSPENDED 2  ULTRA-LIGHT DEMOLISHED BY GUST OF WIND NEAR GLADSTONE  HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR ROLLESTON CLAIMS PILOT'S LIFE  EARLY AVIATION HISTORY LESSON - SMITHY'S LAST FLIGHT 3  FATAL MICROLIGHT ACCIDENT IN GOULBURN CIRCUIT AREA  LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH NEAR INNISFAIL IN FNQ INJURES TWO  STUDENT PILOT'S SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING DUE WEATHER  GREY NOMADS IN PA31-350 EMERGENCY LANDING IN SOUTH OZ 4  AUSTRALIAN DESIGNED AIRVAN IN FORCED LANDING IN UK  USA REPORTS ON AUSTRALIAN INVOLVED IN FATAL ACCIDENT  ARCHERFIELD'S FTA MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP RE-BORN December 1  GOVERNMENT INQUIRY INTO AIRLINE PILOT TRAINING & SAFETY  LAST DEPARTURES - CREED • RAGLAN - HUGHES • ARCHERFIELD LAME 2  DUIGAN BI-PLANE HAD BUCKLEY'S CHANCE OF SUCCESS  2 SURVIVE HELICOPTER CRASH IN FNQ AFTER ENGINE FAILUE  JABIRU IN FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILUE  USA's FAA RE-REGISTERS THEIR AIRCRAFT 4-YEARS AFTER OZ  FINGER TROUBLE - TASSIE CHARTERED PA-31 LANDS WHEELS-UP  WHITNEY BOOMERANG MANUFACTURER IN RECEIVERSHIP 3  AIR CHARTER PILOT ESCAPES INJURY IN WEST OZ PRANG  CROP-DUSTER PILOT KILLED IN CRASH NEAR DIRRANBANDI  CESSNA 182 OVER-RUNS KEPPEL AIRSTRIP - MINOR INJURIES  AIRCENTRE SERVER STATISICS - NOV 2002 -v- DEC 2010 4  PAIR SURVIVE SA OUTBACK AFTER JABIRU ENGINE FAILURE  PILOT INJURED IN GYROCOPTER PRANG AT BLYTH IN SOUTH OZ  RINGER SURVIVES HELICOPTER PRANG AT EMERALD FLOOD OPS  ASYMMETRIC TRAINING CLAIMS TWIN-COMANCHE AT CAMDEN  PILOT INJURED IN GYROCOPTER PRANG AT REMOTE NT STATION   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 -  HOME