A pilot and passenger have walked away uninjured from an Aerocomp Esqual VM-1 ultralight crash at Wangaratta airport during the Aero Club's open day

Apparently "the engine failed on take-off and the left wing hit the ground causing the plane to spin around ..the men got out before it burst into flames"

The pilot of a Piper PA-28 has escaped uninjured after the port main wheel 'fell-off' after take-off at Archerfield airport - the landing was carried out successfully

"The pilot, reportedly a student, circled before making a successful emergency landing
..there were no passengers on board and police were not investigating the incident"

Two men onboard a weight-shift controlled microlight trike have died after their Airborne XT912 crashed in unknown circumstances just short of the airstrip at Hedlow

The Police advised "the men were flying a powered glider called a trike that requires a microlight pilot license" - A flying school and club is based at Hedlow Airfield

A 55-year-old professional agricultural pilot has died after the turbine-powered Air Tractor AT-802A he was flying crashed in unknown circumstances near Narromine

The pilot was "not local to the area ...he was aerial spraying and the cause of the accident is unknown"
Police and the ATSB are investigating