70-years after it crash-landed in the Sahara desert a Royal Air Force P-40 Kittyhawk that was flown by 24-year-old Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping was discovered by a Polish oil company worker exploring the remote regions of the western desert in Egypt


"Flight Sergeant Copping - part of a fighter unit based in Egypt during the North Africa campaign against Rommel - is believed to have lost his bearings while flying the damaged Kittyhawk to another airbase for repair.."

A warbird joy flight was cut short on Sunday morning after the nose wheel of a T-28 Trojan retracted during engine run-ups at the David Hack Memorial Air Show in Toowoomba


"The aircraft had been running its engine in preparation for take-off about 11am, but the roar was abruptly cut as the plane pitched forward with a split-second jolt"


The airshow is held in memory of a young local lad who passed away in 1998 from Hodgkin's lymphoma two days before his 28th birthday party which he had planned to have at the Toowoomba Aerotec hangar