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	2018 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  SYDNEY SEAPLANE ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT & FIVE PASSENGERS  SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS IN AVIATION NEWS FOR THE 2017 YEAR 2  ULTRALIGHT AIR-BIKE IMPACTS PACIFIC HAVEN HOUSE AFTER TAKE-OFF  WEST OZ AERO CLUB CESSNA 152 TRAINEE PILOT IN EMERGENCY LANDING 3  LANDING MISHAP CLAIMS LIFE OF CESSNA 182 PILOT PASSENGER IN TASSIE  FOUR SURVIVE TOURIST HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR ULURU IN CENTRAL OZ  TRAINEE ULTRALIGHT PILOT KILLED IN CENTRAL QLD 4  EXPENSIVE ABORTED TAKE-OFF FOR RAAF MILITARY JET IN NEVADA USA  GLIDER PILOT KILLED IN CENTRAL NSW  SUCCESSFUL SECOND TEST-LAUNCH FOR KIWI ROCKET 'ELECTRON' FEBRUARY 1  CAR IN SPACE - SPACEX FALCON HEAVY TEST FLIGHT PLACES TESLA IN ORBIT 2  PILOT & INSTRUCTOR ESCAPE SERIOUS INJURY IN BANKSTOWN HELICOPTER CRASH  PILOT & PASSENGER UNINJURED IN CESSNA 185 TAKE-OFF CRASH AT GLADSTONE  LANDING CRASH OF HOT-AIR BALLOON IN VICTORIA INJURES 7-PERSONS 3  VINTAGE AIRCRAFT PILOT SURVIVES FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE 4  NOSE-WHEEL RETRACTS ON PIPER SEMINOLE BEFORE TAKE-OFF AT BALLARAT  WHEEL RETRACTS ON PIPER SEMINOLE DURING LANDING SEQUENCE AT JANDAKOT  QANTAS CADET PILOT TRAINING SCHEME OF THE 1960's TO BE RESURRECTED MARCH 1  WA ROAD SERVES AS MAKESHIFT RUNWAY FOR PROP-JET AFTER ENGINE FAILURE  AVIATION WORLD-WIDE THIS MONTH IS FATALITY FREE SO FAR FOR ALL AIRCRAFT 2  HORSES-4-COURSES - LEGAL-EAGLE FRUSTRATION IN CASA CASE ADJOURNMENT 3  PILOT INJURED AFTER TERRAIN IMPACT LANDING AT SOMERSBY AIRSTRIP IN NSW  PILOT MISSING AFTER HELICOPTER DITCHES ON WAY TO PICK UP MARINE PILOT 4  NINE INJURED IN HOT-AIR BALLOON HARD LANDING IN HUNTER VALLEY  FATAL ULTRALIGHT CRASH NEAR LAIDLEY WEST OF BRISBANE  GERMAN PILOT IN USA REGISTERED CESSNA 340 LANDING MISHAP AT LILYDALE  LIGHT AIRCRAFT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CRASH NEAR QUILPIE IN QLD  FATAL WHITSUNDAYS HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR THE HARDY REEF PONTOON APRIL 1  "EASTER MIRACLE" FEMALE TRAINEE PILOT UNINJURED IN BANKSTOWN CRASH   RARE SOVIET ERA YAK-3 WARBIRD DAMAGED AT WANAKA AIR SHOW 2  NEWS-DESK REPORT OF 20-YEARS AGO THIS MONTH - FOR THE RECORD 3  SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR PILOT OF ROTARY-WING GYRO MISSING IN CENTRAL QLD  HUEY ROTARY-WING USED FOR FIRE CONTROL DESTROYED IN CRASH 4  CESSNA LANDING AT REDCLIFFE IMPACTS DITCH - FEMALE PILOT UNINJURED  PRIVATE AIRCRAFT AT THEIR VERY BEST - 49-SHIP OVERFLY US-SPORTS-STADIUM MAY 1  JABIRU ULTRALIGHT DAMAGED IN FORCED LANDING AT BUNDABERG  MEGA-BUCKS CONTINUE TO FLOW FOR A 'START-UP' ROCKET LAUNCH FACILITY 2  EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER SAVES LIFE OF HELICOPTER PILOT IN THE NT 3  PILOT & INSTRUCTOR SERIOUSLY INJURED IN NIGHT TRAINING CRASH AT ORANGE  OZ TO TRY FOR NEW SPACE AGENCY AFTER KIWI ROCKET START-UP SUCCESS 4  BLANK JUNE 1  OZ INVESTMENT IN SPACE-ROCKET KNOW-HOW STARTS LATE RACE-TO-SPACE 2  CONTROL-LOSS IN LANDING APPROACH TO MOORABBIN CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT 3  BLANK 4  PILOT INJURED AFTER HOME-BUILT ULTRALIGHT IMPACTS TREE AT COOMINYA JULY 1  POWER-LINES CLAIM CESSNA 172RG IN NIGHT LANDING AT PARAFIELD AIRPORT 2  R44 ROTARY-WING DEMOLISHED IN HARD LANDING AT LETHBRIDGE IN VIC 3  REPERCUSSIONS EXPECTED IN WORLD WIDE PILOT TRAINING AIRCRAFT FLEET 4  BOEING B-17 SCALE - USA'S OSHKOSH AIR-SHOW HIGHLIGHT - BUILDERS  RACE-TO-SPACE IN OZ UNDER-WAY WITH QLD ROCKET BUSINESS START-UP AUGUST 1  HEAVY IN AEROBATICS DISPLAY AT FARNBOROUGH & USE OF 'TAIL-UP' CONTROL 2  BLANK 3  FATAL FIRE-FIGHTING HELICOPTER CRASH AT WOODSTOCK IN SOUTHERN NSW 4  BLANK SEPTEMBER 1  BIRDSVILLE PICNIC HORSE RACE ATTRACT TOURISTS - 1999 REPORT REMAINS TRUE 2  GYROCOPTER PILOT INJURED IN HEAVY LANDING AT CABOOLTURE IN QLD  WARBIRD PILOT DIES AFTER YAK-9 IMPACTS TERRAIN IN VICTORIA 3  BLANK 4  DECLINE OF FLYING LIGHT AIRCRAFT FOR PLEASURE IN OZ SPAWNS VIDEO AD OCTOBER 1  TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER BRISTELL ENTERS SPIN AND IMPACTS TERRAIN  MICROLIGHT CRASH NEAR PORT DOUGLAS IN FNQ CLAIMS LIFE OF PILOT 2  BLANK 3  TRAINING TWIN IN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MOORABBIN AIRPORT IN VIC 4  TASSIE JABIRU PILOT SURVIVES EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER IN-FLIGHT FIRE NOVEMBER 1  ANOTHER TWO PERSONS KILLED IN ULTRALIGHT TYPE SPORT AIRCRAFT IN NSW  ROTARY-WING GYROCOPTER CRASH AT ORANGE CLAIMS THE LIVES OF TWO MEN 2  KIWIS FIRST ROCKET LAUNCH WITH AUSSIE SATELLITES SUCCCESSFUL  USA HIGHLIGHT ON OPPOSING VIEWS OF ATC RECRUITMENT 3   FATAL GYROCOPTER ACCIDENT - TWO SURVIVE JABIRU FORCED LANDING 4  OUTBACK HELICOPTER CRASH CLAIMS ONE LIFE & SERIOUSLY INJURES ANOTHER  AUSTRALIA'S FIRST COMMERCIAL ROCKET LAUNCH FROM OUTBACK QLD DECEMBER 1  BOONAH GLIDING CLUB AIRCRAFT DAMAGED IN OUT-LANDING DUE LOSS OF LIFT  SPACEX SPACE STATION RESUPPLY DELAYED DUE "MARS-BAR" CONTAMINATION  PILOT UNINJURED IN BEECH DUKE EMERGENCY LANDING AT MAITLAND IN NSW 2  SEARCH UNDER-WAY FOR AIRCRAFT MISSING IN TASMANIA'S NATIONAL PARK 3  HELICOPTER PILOT INJURED AFTER TERRAIN IMPACT IN FNQ 4  PASSENGER HOSPITALISED AFTER HOT-AIR BALLOON FIRE OVER YARRA VALLEY   OLD-TIMER PILOT VISITS HOSPITAL AFTER CROP-DUSTER CRASH NEAR DALBY  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS CHECK FLIGHT PLAN SUBMITTED FROM NORTH-POLE   RETURN  © AirCentre 1996 -  HOME