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AirCentre Aviation News Digest
MARCH 1997
Saturday 1
Friday 7
Archerfield aviators and war-bird enthusiasts shocked to hear news on Toowoomba's Guido Zuccoli
A newly refurbished Harvard was being delivered from Darwin to Victoria, when it experenced engine failure
The aircraft landed Tindal N.T. yesterday for fuel, and on take-off, suffered a catastrophic engine seizure
The T-6 was seen by the Tower to impact the ground with only the rear sear passenger surviving
Guido, dedicated to his war-birds, was a regular visitor to Archerfield and the Airshow "circuit"
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Saturday 15
David Chuong, the schoolboy who won the Southern Skies Aviation Flying Scholarship successfully passed his flight test in a Cessna 150 to-day for the GFPT Certificate
David can now take passengers for a fly but will have to rely on his passengers to take him to the airport
. . . . he is yet to obtain his motor vehicle licence to drive a motor car!
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Saturday 22
Kingsford, the "jet setting" international travelling Bear, overnights at Archerfield with friends
Owner Jon Johanson with his record breaking RV4 and "Kingsford" head north to challenge "Justin" the cyclone and to be part of the Rocky Air Show to-morrow
. . . . . . meanwhile the airfield's "war birds" including the MIG-15 depart for the same airshow
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