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2008
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October
1
Dunk Island Airstrip in FNQ - Tick one Aircraft Damaged
Steve Fossett's Aircraft Located on Sierra Nevada Mountains
Air Shows - Amberley Military is Go - Kiwi-Land Civil Postponed
Whitney Boomerang Leaves Archerfield for Kiwi-Land Demo Tour
2
Microlight Aircraft Used in Illegal Drug Smuggling Operation
Ultralight Pilot Survives Crash Landing in Southern NSW
Beech Bonanza in Emergency Landing in Remote Part of West OZ
Qantas Mayday - Emergency Landing at Learmonth in West OZ
3
NT's Arnhem Land Light Aircraft Prang - The 2nd in 3 Days
Honeymooning Couple Survive Light Aircraft Accident near Camden
MAF GA8 Airvan and Pilot Lost in Arnhem Land
Whitney Boomerang Lands in Kiwi-Land after 17 hours Flying
4
Brisbane Jet Returns & Lands after Threats from Drunk Passenger
Tiger Moth Damaged - Pilot Injured at Antique Aeroplane Air-Rally
Two Queensland Tourists Injured in West OZ Microlight Prang
September
1
Four Escape Helicopter Ditching in Townsville Harbour
Barry Hempel Lost in Yak-52 Warbird Adventure Flight
Motor-Glider Accident Claims Two Lives at Watts Bridge Airstrip
2
OZe in World's Fastest Motor Sport - at RENO Nevada
Final Farewell for Archerfield's Most Colourful Character
Darwin Based Cessna C-210 Forced Landing Destroys Aircraft
Winged Parachutist 'Fusion Man' to Attempt English Channel Crossing
3
Concerns for Missing Charters Towers Glider Pilot
Light Aircraft Prangs on Long Approach to Longreach Airport
Helicopter Accident Claims 4 Lives near West OZ Bungle-Bungles
Cessna 206 Reported Missing on Bankstown-Archerfield Flight
4
Fatal Crop-Duster Accident on QLD's Darling Downs
Beech Super King Air in Wheels-Up Landing at Adelaide Airport
Private Pilots Embarrassed - One in Victoria - One in Queensland
Seven Survive Tourist Helicopter Prang in WA's Kimberley Region
Foreign Student Pilot Killed in Liberty XL-2 near Badgerys Creek
Hempel's Flying School at Archerfield Airport Closed Down
Winged Parachutist Attempts English Channel Crossing
Power Lines Snare Private Aircraft Operating out of Private Airstrip
August
1
Inquest Starts into 2004 Piper Cheyenne Accident near Benalla
2
RAAF Fighter Trainer in Mid-Air Emergency near Armidale
FAA to Auction Take-Off and Landing Slots at Busy Airports
OZ General Aviation Industry Action Agenda Report Released
3
Student Pilot Escapes Injury in Training Accident at Jandakot
Pilot Missing after Crashed Microlight discovered on Goat Island
GPS Simulator Mode may be cause of Benalla Flight Error
Student Pilot Escapes Injury in Training Accident at Bankstown
4
Search Underway for Archerfield's Yak-52 on Warbird Adventure Flight
Forced Landing for Victorian Doctor after Engine Fails
Royal Victorian Aero Club Training Aircraft Mid-Air Collision
Perth's Jandakot Airport Based Piper Arrow in Forced Landing
Archerfield's Royal Queensland Aero Club Relocation Complete
Ultralight in Emergency Landing Approaching Caboolture Airport
July
1
FNQ Airline Operator's War with OZ Government Aviation Regulator
Decline of General Aviation in Australia - Report from USA's AvWeb
Warnervale Airport based Home-Built Destroyed - Pilot Safe
Downturn in Recreational Flying at Snoopy's Home Airport in USA
2
Search Underway in FNQ for Missing Ultralight with 2 POB
• Ultralight wreckage located at Ewan Station 100 ks west of Townsville •
Qantas Clean in Senate Enquiry - No Infringements in 20 Years
OZ Senate Enquiry into CASA Management Structure
3
Young OZe Wins International Section of NASA's Aircraft Design Award
Pilot Injured in Twin Prang North of the Isa in Western QLD
4
Personal Jet-Pack Draws Large Crowds at Oshkosh Air-Show
3-Dimension Synthetic Vision Display Released for Light Aircraft
Qantas B747 Passenger Jet in Explosive Decompression Emergency
June
1
Aircraft Museums Blossom as Fuel & Maintenance Costs Soar
2
Maintenance Defects Double on Qantas Passenger Jets
3
Chartered Helicopter Prangs in FNQ - All 4 On-Board Escape Serious Injury
Archerfield's Flight Training Australia Humphrey Maltman's Last Departure
Airlines and Recreational Flying Feeling the 'Pinch' as Fuel Costs Skyrocket
4
Two Injured in Ultralight Accident near Newcastle in NSW
CASA Grounds Cairns Based Aero-Tropics for 5-Days over Safety Issues
Royal Queensland Aero Club Relocation on Archerfield Airport
May
1
Perth Airport in Emergency Closure over Four Suspect Packages
2
Charted Robinson R44 Prangs in Remote Kimberley Area of West OZ
Caloundra's Pending Airport Closure Defies Trends - Local Operator Expands
Kiowa X-Military Helicopter Stolen from Bankstown Located at Taree Airport
3
Light Aircraft Crash in FNQ Claims Life of Cessna C210 Pilot
4
Nanchang Warbird Crash Claims Life of Pilot during Aerobatics Practise
Victorian Ultralight Prang Claims Life of Passenger - Pilot Injured
OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van Case Up-Date
April
1
Mustang VH-BOB in Wheels-up Landing -Ultralight Runs Off Airstrip on Landing
Whitsunday Islands Claim another PA-32 Aircraft - 5 On-Board Survive Ditching
Rhys Thomas on Way Home after 13 Weeks Detention in Singapore
2
Metro Freighter and Pilot Lost in Sea Off Sydney's South Coast
State Government Bureaucrats and Local Councillors in Emergency Landing
Electrical Linesman and Pilot Injured in MD-500 Helicopter Accident
3
Gyrocopter Prangs on Sand-Bar at Mouth of Burdekin River in Nth QLD
Military Aardvark gets New Nose Job after taking on Pelican at 3000'
Archerfield Based MacAir Airlines has New Owner - x-Miner Terry Byrt
4
Unmanned Aerial Surveillance Vehicles to Stay Aloft for 5-Years
Lost Ultralight Prangs in FNQ - Two on Board Escape Serious Injury
March
1
Charted Helicopter Joy-Flight Crash - Pilot and 4 Passengers Seriously Injured
Aussie Pilot Stuck Overseas - Singaporean Authorities Deny Return Application
2
Structural Failure in Home-Built Zodiac Claims Two Lives off QLD's Gold Coast
NSW Based Piper Aztec Used in Largest Ever Drug Bust in West OZ
3
Mandatory Biennial Flight Review Claims Experienced Aerobatic Pilot
Media Mayhem Over Grounding of OZ Light Aircraft - Bendix FCU
4
Archerfield Pilot Training Stalwart - Gordon Jenkinson - Last Departure
OZ Aviator's Plea for Return to OZ Fails to Deter Singaporean Authorities
February
1
Light Aircraft Emergency Landing at Sydney's Bankstown Airport
OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van at Archerfield Airport
2
Helicopter and Light Aircraft Collide Mid-Air in Remote Part of West OZ
Fuselage Wrinkled in Heavy Landing of Qantas Boeing 717 at Darwin
Attempted Hijack of Commuter Passenger Aircraft in Kiwi-Land
3
OZ Tribunal Hearing over Right of Access for Work-Van Case Adjournment
Ultralight Flying Boat Prang off Sydney's Northern Beaches
Mid-Air between Helicopter & Cessna C152 Claims 3 Pilots in Kiwi Land
4
Mid-Air Collision Between Wee-Waa Crop-Sprayers Claims Senior CPL Pilot
January
1
Electric Powered Flight - THE Challenge for Recreational Flyers in 2008
The Safest Year to Fly - in Airliners and Light Aircraft Excluding Rotary-Wings
Year 2007 News Desk Review of Trends and Highlights from Reports
2
First Production Whitney Boomerang Delivered to West OZ Flying School
Pilot Escapes Uninjured after Power-Lines Snare Crop-Duster at Mungindi
3
Light Aircraft Take-Off Crash Landing at Bankstown Airport
British Airways Boeing 777 Lands Short at Heathrow Airport - All Survive
New Tenants for Hangar 3 at Archerfield - Ground Time
4
Private Light Aircraft Aids NSW Police in Apprehending Illegal Pig Hunters
Cessna C172-C150 in Mid-Air Collision in USA - 5 Lives Lost
2007
December
1
Life Lost when Ultralight and Light Aircraft Collide at Latrobe Valley in VIC
• Victorian Aircraft Accidents Claim 7 Lives in 4 Months •
2
Col Pay Feared Dead in Crash at Lake Liddell in NSW Hunter Region
• Experimental Water-Scoop on Converted Crop-Duster Possible Cause •
4-Seat Piper Demolished in Forced Landing on VIC's Mornington Peninsula
3
• JetCraft • Major Archerfield Based Aviation Company in Financial Trouble
Wires Snare Cessna 150 in WA - Two Onboard Escape Serious Injury
Training Twin in Trouble at Scone with Heavy Landing Go-Around
4
Cessna 210 Retractable in Wheels-Up Landing at Atherton in FNQ
R-44 Professional Pilot Lost Departing Melbourne's Pier 35 Helipad
Ultralight Pilot and Passenger Escape after Dunking in Dam in FNQ
Low-Time Private Pilot Successful Emergency Landing in Beech A36
West OZ Ultralight Prang Claims Two Experienced Recreational Pilots
November
1
Pilot Shortage Proof - Oze Election Campaign Hires Overseas Aircraft & Pilots
Rex Suspends Queensland Flights due Pilot Shortage
Archerfield Light Aircraft Emergency Attracts the Best in the Business
Darwin Airport Emergency Delays Passenger Jets
2
Airservices Shut Down of 27 VHF Aviation Repeaters - Dick Smith NOT HAPPY
German Tourists Killed - C-172 Snares Wire on World's Longest Runway
Gyrocopter Pilot Training at Echuca Turns Tragic for Instructor & Student
Engine Failure during Take-Off in Boeing 737 at SA's Cape Town Airport
3
Cessna C337 with 4 POB Impacts Sea in Southern Victoria
Professional Pilot Lost in Cessna 172 Accident in Remote North-West of OZ
Having a Bad Day at the Office - Made an Error - Few Million $'s Worth?
Light Aircraft Activity Continues Downward Trend from Peak of 30 Years Ago
4
Tassie 2-Seat Home-Built Ultralight Prang Claims Two Lives
Home-Built Gyrocopter Accident Injures Pilot - 6 Emergency Vehicles Respond
QANTAS Fined in USA for Price-Fixing of International Air Cargo Rates
October
1
Archerfield's Hangar 6 Tenants - Jetline - Move to Brisbane International
2
Bribie Island Road used for Emergency Landing of Van's RV7 Home-Built
Parafield Airport Runway Closed after C182 Landing Accident
3
Pilot Missing in WA - Emergency Services Locate Wreckage of Aircraft
Freight Aircraft Engulfed in Flames at Alice Springs Airport - Pilot Escapes
Cessna 210 Undercarriage Extension Failure at Port Lincoln in South OZ
Transition® - Storing of Light Aircraft in Hangars at Airports - Is The End Near?
Ultralight Leads Migratory Flock of North American Whooping Cranes
4
Wild Storm Wrecks Light Aircraft and Hangars at Gayndah in Central QLD
OLD Pilot Training School Taken-Over by NEW Flying School at Archerfield
September
1
Launch of Glider by Winch and Cable near Goulburn turns Fatal
Ultralight Emergency Landing Practice on North Stradbroke Island turns Real
2
Three Race Pilots Killed at Reno Air Races in Nevada
Adventurer Steve Fossett Missing in Nevada USA
3
Air Race Mania - Rocket Powered Machines Gearing up to Race
Aircraft Crashes from around the Globe - Passenger Jet - Formation Prang
USA's CIA Veterans Reminisce over Retired A-12 'Blackbird' Spy Aircraft
4
Cattle Muster in West OZ turns Fatal with Loss of Pilot and Helicopter
Fairchild Metroliner in Engine-Out Emergency Landing at Whyalla in South OZ
The Search for Steve Fossett Continues Three Weeks after Disappearance
August
1
Safety Standards Breached at Archerfield - Pilots Challenge Government
Severe Weather Claims Twin-Engine Aircraft and Two Lives in Victoria's North
2
Aussie wins NASA Challenge for Sport Aircraft in Slovenia Pipistrel Virus
OZ Designed and Built Whitney Boomerang Commences Production
Aircraft Looses Wing in Landing Accident at Bankstown
3
Pilots and Operators Get Political over Archerfield's Aviation Safety Standards
Kiwi Built Fletcher and Pilot Lost in Far North Queensland
$15,000 Supercat Ultralight Down in Blue Mountains Area - Pilot Injured
4
Dick Smith Donates $100,000 to Airservices for Control Tower Services
CASA Grounds High-Time Cessna 400 Series Prop-Jets in OZ
Rain-Soaked Paddock Inverts Drop-Zone Cessna C182 after Forced Landing
Wild Wallaby takes on Beech B200 Super King Air at Tindal RAAF Base
American Paul MacCready - Father of Human Powered Flight - Last Departure
July
1
Headset Saves Passenger in Turbo-Prop Explosive Decompression @ 20,000ft
2
End of 60 Year Era at Archerfield - George Ditchmen's Final Departure
3
Landing Mishap in USA Claims Famous P-51D Warbird and 'New' Owner Pilot
Landing Mishap at Perth's Jandakot Airport with PA-32 Claims Pilot's Pride
Ultralight Emergency Landing West of Caboolture in SE QLD Successful
4
Landing Accident at Oshkosh Air-Show Claims Mustang Warbird and Pilot
Explosion at Rutan's Spaceport Facility at Mojave USA Claims Three
Landing Accident at Caboolture Claims Aircraft and Pilot's 20 Year Dream
Gyrocopter Landing Accident Claims Pilot at Applethorpe in SE QLD
Experts Agree - Airline Pilot Shortage Affecting Safety Standards Worldwide
June
1
Tools-of-Trade Work Van Denied Access to the Job on Archerfield Airport
2
Mackay Marine Pilot in Ocean Ducking along with Chopper Pilot
Raglan's Old Station Long Weekend Fly-In 2007 Report
Longreach - Final Resting Place for First Qantas Passenger Jet
3
Joyflight in Home-Built Ultralight Turns Tragic for Sunshine Coast Family
Jabiru attracted to South OZ Vineyard -
Ends up Inverted on Grape Vines
Mid-Year Mid-Month Statistics - International Visitors - Click to View
4
Noel Notley - Archerfield Personality from the '70/80's - Memorial Service
Kiwi Kerfuffle over B1900 Commuter Prop-Jet Emergency Landing Aerodrome
May
1
Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 with 114 POB Lost En-route to Nairobi
2
Light Aircraft Tie-Down "Bomb" -- It Could Only Happen In the UK ...Wrong!
3
Two Killed in Microlight Accident at FNQ's Oak Valley
Blue Mountains Light Aircraft Prang - Two POB Rescued
4
Bad Weather Claims Piper Arrow Turbo at Esperance - Three Lives Lost
QLD Station Property Helicopter Pilot Injured in Crash
West OZ Real Life Hero Stuff in BD-5B Fire Engulfing Prang
Hempel's Flying School C172 Wrecked in Cross-Country Training Flight
Charted Cherokee Six Ditches in Torres Strait after Engine Malfunction
Another New - But Really Old - Flying School Starts up at Archerfield
April
1
CASA's Poor Surveillance of Regional Airlines in ATSB Report
Non-Standard Instrument Approach Contributes to Air Disaster
Cirrus Ballistic Parachute Fails to Save Pilot & Passenger from Injury
Parachute Saves Student Pilot after Inadvertent Ejection Seat Activation
2
Easter Prangs - Perth's B200 - Melbourne's C152 - Ultralights x 2 - One Fatality
3
Legendary World War II Fighter Ace Bobby Gibbes Final Departure
Ultralight Tragedy at Howard Airpark - 2 Killed after Allegro Clips Trees
Helicopter Pilot Injured in Crop-Duster Accident at Walkerston in QLD
Holden Lightship Airship Returns to Archerfield
4
Jabiru in Emergency Landing near Bundaberg - The Ultralight's Birthplace
March
1
OZ Enters Race to Space with New Rocket Launch Facility
Christmas Island Set to be Spaceport for Aurora Vehicles
2
Pilots in Spotlight after Passenger Jet Crash at Yogyakarta
Five Australians Killed when Boeing B737 Slides off Runway
WA's Uranium Mining Executive Killed in South African Light Aircraft
Beachgoers Entertained by Ultra-Light Landing at Victoria's Phillip Island
3
Administrator Appointed to Arena Aviation P/L Company
Archerfield to Redcliffe Operational Transfer Unsuccessful
OZ Government $20M Plus Surveillance Radar Bungle in Torres Strait
Top OZ Government Bosses in RAAF C-130 Hercules Emergency Landing
Roma Light Aircraft Prang - Single-Engine Aircraft Damaged
4
OZe Light Aircraft Industry Decline Continues with Closures
Maintenance Engineering and Flying Training Expertise Lost
Rockwell Commander Landing Prang at Blackall in Central West QLD
February
1
Helicopter Accident in North-West NSW Highlights Dangers of Rescue
Westpac Rescue Rotary-Wing Wrecked Responding to Emergency Call
QANTAS B747 in Emergency Landing at Sydney after Engine Failure
Twin Lost in Emergency Landing at Coolangatta after Engine Failure
Cirrus Aircraft Emergency West of Sydney - Pilot & Passenger Injured
2
ATSB Seek Assistance to Locate Cirrus Ballistic Parachute Panel
3
Brazil now Ranks Third in Number of Aircraft Sold Globally
Largest Manufacturer of Light Aircraft in Expanding Economy
QANTAS Flight Attendant Sacked after Mile-High Romp with British Actor
4
Vans RV-4 Home-Built Kit-Aircraft Destroyed - Two Lives Lost
Glider Pilot Killed in Training Accident at Lake Keepit Airstrip
Bankstown Training Flight Ends Prematurely with Crash of TB-10 Tobago
Indonesia's Adam-Air Heavy in HEAVY Landing Closing Main Airport
January
1
Overhead Wires Continue to Pluck Light Aircraft from the Sky
Power-Lines Snare Crop-Duster Working in the 'Downs Area
Cessna 172 Trainee Pilot Attracted to Drainage Ditch at Moorabbin Airport
Boeing & OZ Governments Contribute $54 million for Scramjet Research
2
Aircraft Parachute Fails to Save Occupants of Sting Ultralight
Local Goulburn Pilots Lost when Aircraft Encounters Problems
3
Jaguar Fighter Explodes Mid-Air During Live-Firing Exercise
Indian Air Force Pilot and Aircraft Lost - 2 Years 13 Aircraft
Pilot Aborts Take-Off at Bankstown - Lands and Collapses the Undercart
4
Captain of Boeing Passenger Jet Incapacitated During Flight
Co-Pilot Takes Over Command - Successfully Lands Aircraft
Sydney Basin Courses for Horses Invaluable in Light Aircraft Emergencies
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