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	2016 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  PILOT UNINJURED IN SIAI MARCHETTI WHEELS-UP LANDING AT PARAFIELD  PILOT TRAINING EXERCISE OVERHEAD ARCHERFIELD LATE 1978 2  BRUMBY ULTRALIGHT PILOT SURVIVES FIERY CRASH AT MARULAN IN NSW 3  STUDENT PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR WARNERVALE IN NSW 4  MULTIPLE FATALITIES IN PIPER CHEROKEE CRASH IN VICTORIA  PASSENGER INJURED IN FLOATPLANE LANDING AT WHITSUNDAY'S CHANCE BAY  JABIRU PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING MISHAP IN WEST OZ  TRIVIA ON PASSENGERS CAUGHT WITH FIREARMS IN USA SECURITY CHECKS FEBRUARY 1  FRENCH PILOT IN EMERGENCY LANDING SHOWS HOW IT'S DONE AND SURVIVES  USA HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT REPLACE MILITARY FLYOVER OF SPORTS STADIUM 2  PILOT SAFE AFTER CESSNA 210 UNDERCARRIAGE MALFUNCTION IN NSW  MYSTERY SURROUNDS P-51D MUSTANG WARBIRD CRASH IN USA  PRIVATE VISUAL FLYING RULES IN OZ UNDER REVIEW BY CASA - AGAIN 3  REDBULL PILOT SURVIVES ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF IN FRANCE  PILOT UNINJURED IN R44 HELICOPTER CRASH DEPARTING CENTRAL QLD STATION 4  MATURE-AGE PILOT FOUND DECEASED IN JABIRU CRASH AT KATOOMBA  VIDEO - SHARING EMERGENCY LANDINGS WITH HEAVY JET PILOTS  R22 CATTLE MUSTERING PILOT INJURED IN WIRE-STRIKE NEAR ROMA  LIGHT AIRCRAFT DAMAGED BY SEVERE STORM AT CAMDEN AIRPORT IN NSW MARCH 1  MAREEBA PILOT SURVIVES PIPER AZTEC TWIN-ENGINE FAILURE IN FNQ  IMAGE OF THE YEAR - ENGINE FAILURES MILITARY STYLE 2  FATAL MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH CLAIMS TWO LIVES AT YARRAWONGA  FORECAST FOR THE VIABILITY OF GENERAL AVIATION IN OZ - MARCH 2016 ON 3  PILOT AND PASSENGERS ESCAPE AFTER LANDING COLLISION AT TOORADIN  FORMATION FLYING HISTORY IN OZ - RAAF MILITARY AND PRIVATE FLYING 4  PILOT ESCAPES INJURY IN LANDING MISHAP AT REDCLIFFE AIRPORT  MATURE-AGE PILOT SURVIVES ROTARY-WING PRANG AT LISMORE AIRPORT  FATAL ROTARY-WING PRANG AT CARMILA SOUTH OF MACKAY  LISMORE LIGHT AIRCRAFT MISSING IN BYRON BAY AREA APRIL 1   ROYAL QUEENSLAND AERO CLUB GOES BUST AFTER 105 YEARS 2  PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR KILLED DURING ENDORSEMENT TRAINING  PASSENGER SURVIVES R22 HELICOPTER CRASH INTO SEA AT NIGHT IN FNQ  VINTAGE TIGER MOTH EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED IN LANDING CRASH AT REDCLIFFE 3  SCONE PILOT SURVIVES ENGINE FAILURE OF TURBINE CROP-DUSTER  ARCHERFIELD WARBIRD ADVENTURE FLIGHT BUSINESS 1988-2016 FOR-SALE 4  LIGHT AND HEAVY AIRCRAFT FLYING IN THIS NEW DIGITALISED ERA MAY 1  PILOTLESS ADRENALIN AIRLINE FLIGHTS - THE WAY OF THE FUTURE 2  INAUGURAL IRISH AER LINGUS FLIGHT - DUBLIN TO LAX VIDEO 3  PASSENGERS ESCAPE INJURY AFTER MAULE FLIPS ON LANDING AT COOTHARABA  20-YEARS ON THE STATUS OF CASA REFORM STAGNATES - UK'S CHALLENGE 4  HOME-BUILT WHEELS-UP LANDING CLOSES DEVONPORT AIRPORT IN TASSIE JUNE 1  DECLINE IN LIGHT AIRCRAFT FLYING IN OZ CONTINUES 2  GYMPIE PILOT AND PASSENGER IN AGED CESSNA INJURED IN CRASH LANDING  POWER-LINES SNARE JABIRU ULTRALIGHT ON LANDING AT MANILLA IN NSW 3  WRECKAGE OF QANTAS PILOT'S CESSNA LOCATED BY NAVY MINESWEEPER 4  USA AIRLINES PAY BONUS TO FLIGHT CREWS ON SIGN-UP DUE PILOT SHORTAGE JULY 1  TIGER-MOTH JOY-FLIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING IN WHITSUNDAYS 2  THIS WEEK NEWS REPORT INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 3  ALL SURVIVE PA-28 ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM BANKSTOWN  HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES POWER-LINE STRIKE IN TASMANIA'S NORTH  THREE SURVIVE ROTARY-WING IMPACT DURING POWER-LINE INSPECTION IN SA  COMMERCIAL BALLOON PILOT INJURED IN LANDING CRASH IN WEST OZ  PILOT KILLED MUSTERING CATTLE IN CESSNA 150 NEAR SA-NT BORDER 4  POWER-LINES SNARE ANOTHER ROTARY-WING NEAR BLACKALL IN QLD  NEW RECORD FOR CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF GLOBE IN HOT-AIR BALLOON AUGUST 1  QLD'S 18-YEAR-OLD SOLO EARTH-ROUNDER ATTEMPT LANDS SAFE IN THE UK  VIDEO - NO PARACHUTE SKYDIVER LUKE AIKINS LANDS SAFE IN NET  ULTRALIGHT PILOT INJURED IN CRASH NEAR RAGLAN IN QLD 2  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - MIKOYAN MiG-17 N620PF AT SPEED 3  18-YEAR-OLD QLD PILOT IN SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION INBOUND TO OZ 4  ULTRALIGHT DAMAGED DURING LANDING SEQUENCE AT ILLAWARRA IN NSW  LACHLAN SMART RECORD SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF GLOBE  VIDEO OF THE WEEK - WORLDS LARGEST AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDS  18-YEAR-OLD PILOT ON SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION ARRIVES LONGREACH IN QLD SEPTEMBER 1  PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVE FORCED LANDING OF HOME-BUILT IN WEST OZ  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - SPACEX ROCKET EXPLOSION DURING PRE-FLIGHT CHECK  FROM THE AIRCENTRE ARCHIVES 20-YEARS AGO TO-DAY 2  CESSNA TAUGHT THE WORLD TO FLY - ALL LIGHT AIRCRAFT ARE CESSNA'S  PILOT KILLED DURING UNRESTRAINED HAND-START AT PARAFIELD IN SA  PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CROP-DUSTER CRASH IN WEST OZ  FATAL JABIRU CRASH AT YARRAM IN EASTERN VICTORIA  AIRCENTRE RESEARCH - STATE SECONDARY AIRPORTS PRIVATISATION FAIL 3  BULL TAKES ON CATTLE MUSTERING HELICOPTER IN QLD - AND WINS  VIDEO OF THE WEEK - MAIN-WHEELS-UP LANDING OF BOEING 737 IN PAPUA 4  PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING CRASH AT MERREDIN AIRPORT IN WEST OZ OCTOBER 1  VIDEO OF THE WEEK - UK'S EASYJET AGE AND GENDER CHALLENGE UP-FRONT 2  CESSNA 210 PILOT IN INADVERTENT WHEELS-UP LANDING AT BROOME  TWO SURVIVE JABIRU CRASH NEAR GRAFTON SOUTH AIRSTRIP IN NSW  HOME-BUILT RV-6A LOSS OF CONTROL LANDING AT PORT PIRIE IN SOUTH OZ 3  BANKSTOWN AIRPORT CHANGE OF OPERATOR REPORT BY AOPA 4  USA'S BOB HOOVER - PILOT EXTRAORDINAIRE - FINAL DEPARTURE  'BIRD-IN-BIPLANE' STRIPPED OF AWARD AFTER NON-SOLO RECREATION FLIGHTS  VIDEO OF THE WEEK - JET-POWERED FLYING-MACHINE LIFT-OFF & DEPARTURE NOVEMBER 1  FATAL AIR-TRACTOR CRASH NEAR WALGETT CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT  ULTRALIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SURVIVE TAKE-OFF CRASH AT DUBBO 2  PILOT TRAINING FLIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING ON GOLD COAST 3  R44 HELICOPTER PILOT SURVIVES CRASH IN FNQ DAINTREE NATIONAL PARK  VINTAGE RYAN ST EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED AFTER FORCED LANDING IN VIC 4  TWO ESCAPE FIERY CRASH IN VICTORIA AFTER ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF  PA-28 EMERGENCY LANDING AT ARCHERFIELD AFTER LOSS OF MAIN-WHEEL  FATAL MICROLIGHT TRIKE CRASH CLAIMS TWO LIVES AT HEDLOW  CROP-DUSTER CRASH NEAR NARROMINE CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT DECEMBER 1  TWO SURVIVE VANS HOME-BUILT EMERGENCY LANDING IN WEST OZ 2  EXPENSIVE LANDINGS FOR ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE AIRCRAFT  PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING IN WEST OZ AFTER ENGINE FAILURE 3  ALL ON BOARD JOYFLIGHT HELICOPTER ESCAPE INJURY AFTER ENGINE FAILURE  IMAGE OF THE WEEK - LANDING BULLY INTIMIDATES TAKE-OFF CESSNA 4  TASSIE PILOT UNINJURED IN PRECAUTIONARY LANDING THAT GOES WRONG  PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CROP-DUSTER CRASH IN SOUTH-WEST QLD  CONSISTENT REGULAR TRAINING ENSURES SAFE ARRIVAL OF SANTA SLEIGH   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 -  HOME