SEARCH FACILITY Headlines for Years 2007 - 2008 | Click Line below for Archived Reports Headlines for 10 Years 1996 - 2006 Use the Browser "Edit or Find" and Enter Search Specifics 2008 Click on Selected Month for Weekly Report Index 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 © AirCentre 1996 -  HOME