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	2014 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  HAPPY NEW YEAR GREETINGS 2  OZ ROCKETMAN ENTERTAINS RECORD CRICKET CROWD AT THE GABBA  PASSENGERS ALARMED WHEN KIWI AIR BUS HAS ENGINE FAILURE IN VIC  COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR TOURIST SPACE FLIGHTS 3  STUDENT & INSTRUCTOR UNINJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT ORANGE AIRPORT  ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT BUSINESS INVESTMENT OUTCOME AFTER 30 YEARS 4  PIPER NAVAJO CHIEFTAIN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ALDINGA IN SOUTH OZ  TIGER MOTH WORLD'S DH-82A BEACH LANDING NEAR BARWON HEADS IN VIC  TOLL OPERATED BRISBANE-HONIARA FREIGHTER GEAR FAILURE ON LANDING FEBRUARY 1  FOREIGN STUDENT PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT MERREDIN IN WA 2  PILOT'S LOSS-OF-CONTROL LANDING AT MELBOURNE'S MOORABBIN AIRPORT  HOT-AIR BALLOON WITH 10-POB LANDS IN FRONT YARD OF MELBOURNE HOME 3  PILOT SURVIVES HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR MISSION BEACH IN FNQ  STUDENT PILOT DEMOLISHES CESSNA C150 ON LANDING AT MOORABBIN  PILOT SURVIVES ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF AT NEWMAN IN WEST OZ 4  ULTRALIGHT PILOT SURVIVES JABIRU CRASH AT MYRTLEFORD IN VIC  PILOT SURVIVES HELICOPTER CRASH AT LEGERWOOD IN TASSIE MARCH 1  GATTON AIR-PARK PILOT KILLED IN FIERY HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT CRASH  PITTS S1S PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING AT LETHBRIDGE IN VIC 2  MALAYSIA AIRLINES PASSENGER JET MISSING ON FLIGHT TO CHINA  BARRIER AIRCRAFT UP FOR AUCTION AT MAREEBA IN FNQ 3  GYROCOPTER PILOT KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT BRUNDEE IN NSW 4  CESSNA 210 DEMOLISHED IN FORCED LANDING NEAR NUMBULWAR IN THE NT  TWO ROBINSON R22 HELICOPTER PRANGS ASSOCIATED WITH CATTLE MUSTERING  CABOOLTURE SKYDIVE CESSNA CRASH CLAIMS ALL 5-PERSONS ON BOARD APRIL 1  AIRCENTRE SITE STATISTICS BY COUNTRY 2  FATAL LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH S-W OF CASINO CLAIMS YOUNG PASSENGER  SONEX ULTRALIGHT DAMAGED IN HEAVY LANDING AT INGHAM IN FNQ 3  HOME-BUILT QUESTAIR MAIDEN FLIGHT DISASTER AT BACCHUS MARSH  BELL OH-58A ENGINE FAILURE DEPARTING COFFS INJURES PILOT & PASS 4  ULTRALIGHT PILOT UNINJURED IN FORCED LANDING AT BROADWATER IN NSW  CHARTERED BARON EMERGENCY LANDING SUCCESSFUL AT DARWIN IN THE NT  MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH NEAR TYABB IN VIC CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT  RAAF C-130 TRANSPORT RUNS OFF RUNWAY LANDING IN AFGHANISTAN MAY 1  TASSIE AERO CLUB CESSNA INVERTS ON LANDING AT CARRICK AGFEST 2  CIRRUS BALLISTIC PARACHUTE DEPLOYED IN BLUE MOUNTAINS ENGINE FAILURE 3  STUDENT PILOT ESCAPES INJURY AFTER LANDING PRANG AT BANKSTOWN  QANTAS SEEKS PILOT REDUNDANCIES FIRST TIME IN 92-YEAR-OLD HISTORY  CICARE EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF BARCALDINE PILOT 4  REVIEW OF OZ GENERAL AVIATION SAFETY DUE OUT TODAY  DARWIN'S COMMUTER AIRLINE VINCENT AVIATION SHUTS DOWN - SACKS STAFF  WITTMAN TAILWIND TAKE-OFF PRANG INJURES TWO NEAR LEYBURN IN QLD  SHARP AIRLINES METROLINER SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING AT ESSENDON JUNE 1  OZ GOVERNMENT • AVIATION SAFETY REGULATION REVIEW • RELEASED  CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HI-LIGHTS DECLINE OF PILOT TRAINING AT ARCHERFIELD  PILOT INJURED IN VINTAGE BEECH STAGGERWING FORCED LANDING IN WEST OZ 2  PIPER PA-46 MALIBU MAY-DAY • ENGINE FAILURE NEAR NARRABRI IN NSW 3  USA'S NASA RELEASE BIO ON SOUTH OZ ASTRONAUT ANDY THOMAS 4  TWO INJURED IN VINTAGE X-RAF CHIPMUNK TRAINER CRASH AT COFFS HARBOUR  TECNAM P96 ULTRALIGHT CRASH IN BAROSSA VALLEY CLAIMS TWO LIVES  LOW-TIME ARCHERFIELD PILOT IN RFDS FUNDRAISER FLIGHT AROUND OZ JULY 1  FATAL MANDATORY BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW AT MORUYA IN NSW  TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED IN TURBO-CHARGED CESSNA 210 CRASH AT INVERELL  ULTRALIGHT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT LOWOOD DUE SMOKE IN COCKPIT 2  ANOTHER ROBBO HELICOPTER BITES THE DUST NEAR DINGO IN CENTRAL QLD  US REGISTERED METROLINER IN DRUG BUST AT ILLAWARRA AIRPORT  CHARTERS TOWERS AIRCRAFT ENGINEER DENIS BEAHAN ATTACKED IN HANGAR 3  RPT - ARCHERFIELD -v- WELLCAMP - BIG IS BEST FOR AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS  THREE ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY IN CESSNA 172 FAILED GO-AROUND IN WA 4  PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVE JABIRU EMERGENCY LANDING AT RUNCORN  CESSNA 182 WIRE-STRIKE CLAIMS LIFE OF BURRUMBUTTOCK PILOT AUGUST 1  ANOTHER JABIRU BITES THE DUST IN VIC AFTER APPARENT ENGINE FAILURE  LEGAL EAGLE HAS WINGS CLIPPED IN DH-82A TAKE-OFF PRANG AT TOOWOOMBA 2  CIRRUS PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT USED IN SPIN RECOVERY IN BLUE MOUNTAINS 3  R66 HELICOPTER SNAGS POWER-LINE DURING DUSTING OPS IN FNQ  AIRSHIP PILOT MICHAEL NERANDZIC IN TOP OZ AWARD FOR BRAVERY 4  PILOT KILLED IN R22 HELICOPTER CRASH IN KIMBERLEY REGION  CHARTER PILOT EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER PASSENGER INTERFERENCE ON FLIGHT  HIGH WORLD WIDE INTEREST IN THIS AIRCENTRE AVIATION SITE SEPTEMBER 1  PILOT'S LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKE-OFF AT NORTHAM IN WEST OZ  OZ MILITARY TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ATTACKED DURING AID OPERATIONS 2  REFURBISHED ARCHERFIELD BUSINESS CENTRE CONVERSION TO FLYING SCHOOL 3  HOMEBUILT RV-6 CRASH ON APPROACH TO MUDGEE AIRPORT CLAIMS 2-LIVES  • FOR SALE • SIGN OF THE TIMES FOR PRIVATE LIGHT AIRCRAFT OWNERS 4  GRANDDAD HELICOPTER PILOT AND PASSENGER ESCAPE INJURY IN WA CRASH  TV MEDIA TO REPORT ON CHARTER TWIN EMERGENCY LANDING AT OBERON OCTOBER 1  VINTAGE TIGER MOTHS RACE FOR GLORY AND ATTENTION FROM LUSKINTYRE 2  PILOT RESCUED AFTER AIRCRAFT CRASHES INTO WETLANDS NEAR SOUTHPORT  AEROBATICS PRACTICE CLAIMS LIFE OF GOOLWA PILOT IN SOUTH OZ  SAVANNAH ULTRALIGHT PILOT KILLED IN CRASH NEAR GLADSTONE IN QLD  GOVERNMENT APPROVES MILLION DOLLAR GRANT T0 PENINSULA AERO-CLUB  FOUR INJURED IN CHARTER HELICOPTER CRASH AT MOUNT COOK IN FNQ  MATURE-AGE PILOT INJURED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT KNOCKROW 3  JUNIOR PILOT ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN FORCED LANDING NEAR NOWRA  OZ AVIATORS TAKE TO THE ROAD OVER REGULATORY AUTHORITY'S MINDSET  PILOT KILLED AFTER RV-6 HOME-BUILT IMPACTS HOUSE AT CHELSEA IN VIC 4  HOAX AVIATION CALL FRUSTRATES EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL  PILOT INJURED IN CESSNA 172 EMERGENCY LANDING AT PUTTY IN NSW NOVEMBER 1  LICENCE CANCELLATION OVERTURNED BY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL  VIRGIN'S SPACE-SHIP-TWO IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP ERROR DURING TEST FLIGHT  KIWI PILOT COLLAPSES AND LATER DIES AFTER LANDING DREAMLINER IN PERTH 2  ENGINE FAILURE OF VINTAGE CHIPMUNK DURING TAKE-OFF INJURES TWO  TASSIE CESSNA C188 DESTROYED IN ARSON ATTACK IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS  CESSNA 210 WITH 5-POB IN WHEELS-UP LANDING AT CAIRNS IN FNQ  CASA GIVES ALDIS LAMP GREEN SIGNAL TO TOOWOOMBA'S WELLCAMP AIRPORT 3  HOME-BUILT GYROCOPTER CRASH AT MOUNT SYLVIA CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT  ARCHERFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL  PILOT INJURED IN HOME-BUILT CRASH LANDING AT MARCOOLA AIRPORT  WELLCAMP'S FIRST REGULAR PUBLIC TRANSPORT FLIGHT TO-DAY  PIPER NAVAJO IN SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING AT MOORABBIN  CASA DRAFT TO RESTRICT USE OF JABIRU ENGINE AFTER SEVERAL FAILURES 4  MAJOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HANGARS AFTER STORM AT ARCHERFIELD  SEVERAL LIGHT AIRCRAFT DAMAGED FROM STORM AT ARCHERFIELD  OZ LIVE STATS FOR THIS AIRCENTRE SITE LAST 14-DAYS  SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MISSING HELICOPTER WITH 2-POB IN FAR NORTH QLD  UPDATE - R-44 PILOT AND PASSENGER FOUND SAFE AND WELL AFTER CRASH DECEMBER 1  RQAC'S AIRLINE ACADEMY OF AUSTRALIA NEW BASE AT WELLCAMP AIRPORT 2  SUPPRESSION OF LIGHT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY IMPROVES ACCIDENT STATISTICS 3  SANTA'S SLEIGH INVOLVED IN MINOR MISHAP DEPARTING NORTH POLE AIRPORT 4  SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MISSING CESSNA COVERING SYDNEY TO HOBART RACE  BEECH B76 TRAINING TWIN IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT BUNBURY IN WEST OZ  SCHWEIZER TRAINING HELICOPTER PRANG AT PARAFIELD IN SOUTH OZ   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 - 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