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2017 ARCHIVES
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JANUARY
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TWO MEN SURVIVE ULTRALIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING INTO CANE PADDOCK
PILOT & PASSENGER INJURED AFTER AIRCRAFT INVERTS ON LANDING IN FNQ
AIRCENTRE NEWS DESK WISHERS ALL READERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2017
2
TOURIST DIES AND 3 INJURED AFTER EMERGENCY LANDING ON QLD COAST
AEROPRAKT FOXBAT VIXXEN IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MOORABBIN
STORY OF THE WEEK - B-52 IN-FLIGHT ENGINE LOSS IN NORTH DAKOTA USA
3
PIPER PA-28 FORCE LANDS INTO ALMOND GROVE IN SOUTH OZ
MIDAIR AT BENALLA CHAMPS - TWO PILOTS 'HIT-THE-SILK' AND SURVIVE
4
GRUMMAN MALLARD LOST - 2 KILLED IN CRASH INTO SWAN RIVER IN WEST OZ
JUNIOR AGRICULTURAL PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING AT MAREEBA IN FNQ
FEBRUARY
1
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2
CESSNA 210P ENGINE FAILS ON FINAL APPROACH TO MILDURA AIRPORT IN VIC
3
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4
TWO SURVIVE PIPER PA-28 FORCED LANDING IN LATROBE VALLEY VICTORIA
FIVE FEARED DEAD IN BEECH B200 SUPER KING AIR CRASH AT ESSENDON
MARCH
1
ULTRALIGHT PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING NEAR TUMUT IN NSW
PILOT DECEASED AFTER CRASH OUTSIDE DEVONPORT AERO CLUB
2
WARTIME PILOT'S EFFORTS FOR GENERAL AVIATION INDUSTRY IN OZ WASTED
OAKS AIRPORT PILOT KILLED IN ULTRALIGHT CRASH
3
PILOT SURVIVES LANDING CRASH AT BUNBURY AIRPORT IN WEST OZ
TWO SURVIVE BELL HELICOPTER CRASH INTO WATER NEAR CURTIS IS.
REX REGIONAL PROP-JET HAS PROPELLER ASSEMBLY DEPART MID-FLIGHT
4
CYCLONE DEBBIE TAKES OUT 47-YEAR-OLD CESSNA AT BOWEN AIRPORT
APRIL
1
REMNANTS OF T-C DEBBIE INUNDATE NORTHERN RIVERS DISTRICT IN NSW
ADVERSE WEATHER CLAIMS TOOWOOMBA HELICOPTER
2
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3
PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVE PA28 ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF
4
TRAINING FLIGHT IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT
TWO SURVIVE INVERSION OF HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT AT GATTON AIRPARK
MAY
1
TWO SURVIVE UNINJURED AFTER HOME-BUILT ENGINE FAILURE AT CABOOLTURE
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3
SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING AIRCRAFT NEAR MURWILLUMBAH IN NSW
4
FLIGHT CHECK FOR CHARTER OPERATOR ROSSAIR ENDS IN DISASTER
PRIVATE ROCKET LAUNCH FROM NEW SITE IN KIWI-LAND
JUNE
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HIGHWAY FUEL STOP EXPENSIVE FOR JABIRU PILOT IN THE NT
"AUSTRALIAN AVIATION HALL OF FAME" WEB-SITE SUSPENDED
FOXBAT ULTRALIGHT PILOT UNINJURED IN LANDING ACCIDENT NEAR TAMWORTH
3
PROFESSIONAL PILOT KILLED IN CROP-DUSTER ACCIDENT IN NSW'S WEST
FOG CLAIMS LIFE OF C172 PILOT AT BROOKLET IN NSW'S NORTH
4
THREE KILLED IN FOG-AFFECTED ANGEL FLIGHT AT MT GAMBIER IN SOUTH OZ
TRAINEE GYROCOPTER PILOT SURVIVES HEAVY LANDING CRASH AT ILLAWARRA
JULY
1
DENIS BEAHAN AWAITS LEGAL OUTCOME AFTER SURVIVING ATTACK IN 2014
FOKKER TRIPLANE REPLICA OUT-LANDS INTO PRODUCE FARM AT GATTON
2
FOG AT BRISBANE AIRPORT FORCES INBOUND TRAFFIC TO SYDNEY
3
TWO KILLED IN CRASH THAT DESTROYED RARE WW2 P51D MUSTANG IN USA
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IMPACTS WING OF PILOT TRAINER AIRCRAFT
4
OZ SPACE-AGENCY REBIRTH AFTER MEGA-$$$-BUCKS CONSUMED A DECADE AGO
TRIO INVOLVED IN OZ DRUG BUST USING CESSNA ARRESTED BY AUTHORITIES
AUGUST
1
ONE OF TWO SURVIVES ULTRALIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING S-E OF MELBOURNE
UPDATE - 19-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG STUDENT PILOT DIES FROM INJURIES
POWER-LINES CLAIM HELICOPTER AND PILOT NEAR CLONCURRY IN CENTRAL QLD
2
FOUR SURVIVE LANDING CRASH AT CALOUNDRA ON QLD'S SUNSHINE COAST
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4
WIFE OF MOUNT ISA CHARTER PILOT TO BE CHARGED WITH FRAUD
EMERGENCY NIGHT LANDING FOR PILOT OF PIPER CHIEFTAIN AT BANKSTOWN
SEPTEMBER
1
BIRDSVILLE RACES - LIGHT AIRCRAFT MECCA FOR PILOTS AND PASSENGERS
2
MATURE AGE PILOT ABORTS TAKE-OFF INVERTS ULTRALIGHT NORTH OF MUDGEE
TWO SURVIVE NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT WITH ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF
3
TWO SURVIVE FORCED LANDING NEAR HOXTON PARK AFTER ENGINE FAILURE
LOSS-OF-CONTROL CLAIMS TWO LIVES IN GLIDER CRASH WEST OF TOOWOOMBA
4
FLYING INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT KILLED DURING TRAINING EXERCISE IN QLD
OCTOBER
1
BEECH KING-AIR IN LANDING MISHAP AT ESSENDON AIRPORT IN MELBOURNE
LIFE OF MATURE AGE GLIDER PILOT LOST IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT BENALLA
2
GLIDER PILOT DIES AFTER LOSS-OF-CONTROL AND TERRAIN IMPACT IN QLD
3
THREE KILLED IN SKYDIVE ACCIDENT AT MISSION BEACH IN FNQ
4
2 DEAD IN PRIVATE CESSNA 310 TWIN CRASH NEAR TAREE IN NSW
1 DEAD IN PRIVATE CESSNA 210B CRASH IN WA NATIONAL PARK NEAR ALBANY
2 DEAD IN CHARTERED CESSNA 210 CRASH AT HOWARD SPRINGS NEAR DARWIN
NOVEMBER
1
ISLANDS OFF OZ CLAIM 2 AIRCRAFT IN 8-DAY PERIOD - KINGAIR & CHEROKEE-6
2
CASA -vs- HOCH COURT HEARING ADJOURNED YET AGAIN - NOW NOVEMBER 22
FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH AT HOBART AIRPORT DURING TRAINING EXERCISE
3
LOSS-OF-CONTROL ISSUE CLAIMS TRAINING CESSNA AT DENILIQUIN
4
TWO ESCAPE ULTRALIGHT TRAINER CRASH LANDING AT MOORABBIN AIRPORT
ULTRALIGHT PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR ZOO IN SOUTH OZ
CASA -vs- HOCH IN MT ISA COURT OVER ILLEGAL CHARTER OPERATIONS
DECEMBER
1
RESPECTED JOURNALIST TRASHES ATSB OVER SLOW AVIATION INCIDENT REPORTS
2
AVIATION ACCIDENT STATS FLATLINE IN 2017 FOR BOTH HEAVY & LIGHT AIRCRAFT
3
PILOT & INSTRUCTOR ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY AFTER CRASH AT BENDIGO
4
DRIFTER ULTRALIGHT ON THE BEACH FOR A SURFERS PARADISE HOLIDAY
RETIRED PILOTS TO HELP SANTA WITH PRESENTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE
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