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	2015 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  SAILPLANE ACCIDENT NEAR BENALLA IN VICTORIA CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT 2  ULTRALIGHT SEA-PLANE HEAVY LANDING IN MORETON BAY DISASTROUS  SOVIET ERA YAK-18 IN FORCED LANDING NEAR JACOBS WELL IN S-E QLD  JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DELTA JET - LOCATION NOT SPECIFIED 3   KYNETON PILOT ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY AFTER LANDING CRASH 4  SEARCH NEAR WOLLONGONG FOR MISSING WEDDERBURN ULTRALIGHT  WEDDERBURN ULTRALIGHT ULTRALIGHT LOCATED - PILOT DECEASED  PILOT TO CARRY OUT CRASH INVESTIGATION INTO FATAL SPITFIRE ACCIDENT FEBRUARY 1  RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT SURVIVES KIT-BUILT VANS RV-7A TAKE-OFF CRASH IN SA 2  SEARCH LOCATES 2-PILOTS IN TWO MISSING ULTRALIGHTS DECEASED IN FNQ  STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR ESCAPE INJURY AFTER ROBBO BITES-THE-DUST  PILOT UNINJURED IN RV-6A EMERGENCY LANDING AT WONDAI IN QLD 3  STUDENT PILOT IMPACTS FENCE AT ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT IN QLD 4  ENSTROM HELICOPTER CRASH LANDS ON DECEPTION BAY BEACH  ROBBO HELICOPTER CRASH LANDS AT ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT  ARCHERFIELD PILOTS DELIVER SUPPLIES TO DROUGHT 'N FLOODED COMMUNITIES  R-44 HELICOPTERS GROUNDED IN OZ AFTER BLADE FAILURE IN KIWI LAND MARCH 1  UNSUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING FOR 1942 RYAN IN 'TURN-BACK' AFTER TAKE-OFF 2  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - FRENCH HOME-BUILT JODEL STUCK ON SKI SLOPES 3  PROFESSIONAL PILOT KILLED DURING CROPDUSTER OPS NEAR MORTLAKE IN VIC  CHOPPER RESCUES RESCUE CHOPPER AND ULTRALIGHT CREWS AT LAKE EYRE  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - CESSNA AT CARNARVON AIRPORT AFTER CYCLONE OLWYN 4  MICROLIGHT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER CRASH INTO OCEAN AT NOOSA  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - CESSNA PLAYING 'HIDE 'N SEEK' IN KIWI LAND APRIL 1  JABIRU ENGINE FAILURES PERSIST - TWO POB ESCAPE INJURY IN NSW  SKYJIB UAV BITES-THE-TURF WATCHING CRICKET FINALS IN MELBOURNE 2  MATURE AGE ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT TOORADIN   FATAL MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH AT RIVER GLEN DUNDEE IN NSW  FATAL MICROLIGHT CRASH IN SOUTH OZ - HELICOPTER CRASH IN FNQ  LIGHT AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDING AT MOORABBIN CLAIMS TWO AIRCRAFT  LAKE EYRE SEAREY ULTRALIGHT RECOVERY ATTEMPT FAILS 3  WRECKAGE OF MISSING JABIRU LOCATED NEAR WOOLOOGA 4  MICROLIGHT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT AT TOODYAY IN WA  NASA GAS BALLOON EMERGENCY LANDING IN OUTBACK OZ MAY 1  CESSNA 210 EMERGENCY LANDING ON APPROACH TO BROOME IN WEST OZ  WARTIME SERVICE SPITFIRE UP FOR AUCTION IN UK AFTER REBUILD 2  SEARCH FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT REPORTED CRASHED INTO SEA OFF STRADDIE      ULTRALIGHT LOCATED - SOLO PILOT FOUND DECEASED  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - USA STUDENT PILOTS CLASH ON TAXIWAY 3  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - 60 SEAT PASSENGER PROP-JET IN RUNWAY OVER-RUN 4  R22 HELICOPTER PILOT KILLED IN CENTRAL QLD AFTER TAIL ROTOR CLIPS TREE  MICROLIGHT PILOT KILLED IN CRASH AT LOVEDALE IN NSW  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - ANSETT FLYING BOATS AT LORD HOWE ISLAND 1970's JUNE 1  OWNER OF ABANDONED SEAPLANE AT PATONGA BEACH IN NSW SOLVED  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT ON WORLD FLIGHT 2  PILOT INJURED IN REPLICA TIGER MOTH CRASH AT ELWOMPLE IN SOUTH OZ  QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AWARDS HONOUR AVIATORS DICK SMITH & CHRIS SPEROU  PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVE C150 FORCED LANDING AT WARNERVALE 3  BRISBANE FOG - PILOTS AND CONTROLLERS WORK "LIKE DROVERS DOGS"  R22 HELICOPTER CRASH CLAIMS LIFE OF NT CATTLE STATION OWNER  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - AIRBUS ELECTRIC-POWERED PILOT TRAINER 4  SPACEX ROCKET FOR ISS REPLENISHMENT EXPLODES AFTER LIFT-OFF  PILOT DIES AFTER MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH AT BYRON BAY AIRSTRIP  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - REMEMBERING AIRCRAFT DESIGNS OF 70-YEARS AGO JULY 1  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - NORTHROP 'RUDDERLESS' FLYING WING DESIGN 2  PITTS SPECIAL PILOT KILLED DURING AEROBATICS SESSION NEAR MAITLAND  MA ULTRALIGHT PILOT DIES DURING TAKE-OFF ATTEMPT AT LETHBRIDGE  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - LIGHT AIRCRAFT CONTEMPLATING RETIREMENT CONCEPT 3  AIRCRAFT CRASH AT WEDDERBURN KILLS FEMALE RECREATIONAL PILOT  CASA REGULATIONS DESTROYING ONCE VIABLE AVIATION ENTERPRISES  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - HARVARDS WATER-SKIING IN SOUTH AFRICA CIRCA 2006 4  HIGH-TIME HELICOPTER PILOT KILLED IN CICARE ROTARY-WING CRASH IN WA  CHEROKEE SIX TAKES TO THE DRINK AFTER PILOT'S LOSS OF CONTROL  PILOT OF HOME-BUILT ULTRALIGHT INJURED IN TAKE-OFF CRASH AT SERPENTINE  IMAGE OTW - 49 HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT FORMATION - STADIUM OVERFLY AUGUST 1  AG-CAT PILOT SURVIVES CROP-DUSTER CRASH SOUTH OF CANBERRA  BUSH PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING IN REMOTE AREA OF WEST OZ  VIDEO - WITTMAN AIRPORT 2015 - LARGEST AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS IN WORLD 2  GYROCOPTER SNAGS POWER-LINE AT WARNEET IN VICTORIA  VIDEO - WATER ASSISTED SHORT LANDING IN REMOTE AREAS 3  BEECH BONANZA ENGINE FAILURE AT SOUTHPORT AIRSTRIP  VIDEO - BEAVER NON-AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE WATERLESS TAKE-OFF 4  REPLICA SPITFIRE DAMAGED IN TAKE-OFF CRASH AT TOOGOOLAWAH FLY-IN  LATEST AVIATION IMAGE 'DOING-THE-ROUNDS' OF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES  PILOT SURVIVES UNSCATHED AFTER CATASTROPHIC LOW LEVEL FAILURE SEPTEMBER 1  RUSSIAN YAK-9 WARBIRD FLIPS AFTER LANDING AT TYABB IN VICTORIA  STING ULTRALIGHT USED IN DRUG TRADE IMPOUNDED AT DENILIQUIN  FATAL CATASTROPHIC LOW LEVEL FAILURE DURING AEROBATICS PRACTICE 2  FEMALE STUDENT PILOT KILLED IN SOLO TRAINING EXERCISE IN VICTORIA  RARE WARTIME SERVICE SPITFIRE DAMAGED IN FORCED LANDING IN UK 3  SR22 CIRRUS DEMOLISHED IN LANDING ACCIDENT NEAR MOREE   ENGINE EXPLOSION DURING TAKE-OFF WRECKS BRITISH AIRWAYS JET IN LA 4  MYER FAMILY CORPORATE JET DAMAGED IN ABORTED TAKE-OFF AT LISMORE  POMS CELEBRATE NOSTALGIC BATTLE-OF-BRITAIN WIN OF 75 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 1  DROP-ZONE CESSNA IN EMERGENCY LANDING IN SOUTH OZ'S VICTORIA PARK  JABIRU PILOT ESCAPES INJURY AFTER FORCED LANDING IN SOUTH OZ  VIDEO-OF-THE-MONTH - GREEN LIGHT FOR EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROAD 2  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - ENGLAND TO OZ FLIGHT RECREATION OF 85-YEARS AGO 3  ALICE SPRINGS AERO CLUB CESSNA IN WHEELS-UP LANDING IN THE NT  68-YEARS AGO CHUCK YEAGER BREAKS SOUND-BARRIER FOR THE FIRST TIME 4  PILOT UNINJURED IN HOME-BUILT FORCED LANDING NEAR KATHERINE  PILOT UNINJURED IN HOME-BUILT PRANG AT PORT LINCOLN IN SOUTH OZ  MATURE AGE PILOT INJURED IN HOME-BUILT PRANG NEAR COFFS HARBOUR  CATALINA RESTORATION GROUP DESPERATE FOR PERMIT-TO-FLY FUNDS NOVEMBER 1  AIRBUS PASSENGER JET CRASH OVER SINAI PENINSULA CLAIMS 224 LIVES  IMAGE - ANOTHER PASSENGER JET ON FIRE BEFORE TAKE-OFF 2  R22 HELICOPTER PILOT INJURED DURING MUSTERING OPS IN THE NT  CESSNA CPL PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING AT SANDERS BEACH IN FNQ  HELICOPTER CRASH IN HUNTER VALLEY CLAIMS THREE LIVES  FATAL GYROCOPTER CRASH AT TYRONE STATION NEAR CHARLEVILLE  PILOT KILLED IN CRASH OF TWIN-ENGINE CESSNA AFTER POWER-LINE STRIKE 3  PILOT UNINJURED AFTER JABIRU ENGINE FAILURE NEAR OAKEY IN QLD 4  FATAL ULTRALIGHT CRASH AT WOODSTOCK IN FNQ  SUCCESSFUL MAIDEN FLIGHT FOR RUTAN DESIGNED 2-SEAT AMPHIBIAN DECEMBER 1  PILOT UNINJURED IN ANOTHER 'LOSS-OF-CONTROL' ISSUE AT VIC FLY-IN 2  MERRY CHRISTMAS 2015 3  ANNIVERSARY OF HEAVIER-THAN-AIR CONTROLLED POWERED FLIGHT 4  FATAL DH-82 TIGER MOTH CRASH AT NORWELL NORTH OF GOLD COAST  ELON MUSK'S SPACEX ROCKET LANDS SUCCESSFULLY AFTER LAUNCH   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 - 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