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  SEPTEMBER 2017 

 WEEK TWO 
 SEPTEMBER 10  2017  Posted 10:53 10/09/17 
MATURE AGE PILOT ABORTS TAKE-OFF INVERTS ULTRALIGHT NORTH OF MUDGEE

The pilot of Jabiru aircraft aborted the take-off at Coolah airport north of Mudgee due to crosswinds - the ultralight then left the runway hit a fence and flipped onto its roof

 Quote from Media:
"The 74-year-old male pilot and his female passenger extricated themselves from the aircraft and were not injured"

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 SEPTEMBER 9  2017  Posted 8:24 09/09/17 
TWO SURVIVE NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT WITH ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF
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A flying instructor was seriously injured and her student critically injured after the single-engine Diamond DA40 NG they were in apparently had the engine fail shortly after take-off form Port Macquarie airport in NSW - the aircraft appeared to be on night training exercise

 Quote from Media:
"A male passenger and a female pilot were pulled from the wreckage around midnight Friday ...with the man airlifted to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition"
Australian International Aviation College aircraft

MEDIA CAPTURE OF AIRCRAFT DURING NIGHT RESCUE
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DAYLIGHT VIEW OF CRASHED AIRCRAFT
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