Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / March 2004

Heading South  low ----loud -----------and lovely. To the GP I
suppose.........West of Sydney. 12.00pm
Ian S

Hi all, its been a while since I've made a post as I've been hard at
work. Seems like it has all paid off as I have a simulator ride and
interview coming up in a couple of weeks at Qantas.
 I know there are people here who have been through or know about the

where can you buy a good tug it only needs to push GA  ?
Does anyone make new ones?

We were told about an aircraft that suffered a broken gear leg. Whose
was it? Anybody know?
CmiJ

Interesting to see this year they allowed one helicopter to remain airborne
stationary during the Hornet display.  If I remember correctly, they've
grounded them all in previous years.

Must suck to have all your dirty linen aired in public like that ....   sort
of makes me wonder about the silence ..
The Qantasophiles are quick to comment when they feel their beloved airline
is being maligned, and very, very silent when the proof is dished out for

Do any of you airline pilots get pax winging about your flying.
Do the bosses break your balls with their bullshit.

This new terminal at Llanherne was opened maybe twenty, twenty-five
years ago with much fanfare. Flights were initially just to New
Zealand, Christchurch I think (not sure which carrier). I was
wondering if the terminal still gets any use?

What do people think .... is this going to far?
Singapore Air to launch anti-missile defense system.
Singapore's government said Sunday it plans to install anti-missile defenses on the airplanes of its national carrier and a subsidiary.
for full story go to - http://www.airdisaster ...

Apparently Jetstar doesn't alloacte seats. Imagine the scrum on the
airbridge!
Alas they weren't the first to do this
Listen to this

George Negus Tonight
ABC Monday 8th 6:30pm
GNT heads back to a time when travel by air was unusual and expensive -
from the first Qantas 'flying boat' taking off in 1938 from Sydney in

Are Boeing and Airbus still going ahead with their super-huge-jumbo planes
or have these been shelved/scrapped?
Just wondering as obviously there's been a big downturn in the industry over
the last couple of years.

http://www.aimoo.com/forum/postview.cfm?id=421403&startcat=1&start=21&CategoryID
=268569&ThreadID=1261188
My statement was purely a personal, subjective observation that "AOPA seems
to have been in turmoil for a number of years, possibly the result of the
organisation's stewardship ...

can anybody tell me where this plane has ended up i hear it took off with
all titles removed possibbly sold to a new owner ??
also are it's sisterships eaj and eak still in 1 piece or have they been
started t be parted out and has anybody got any recent pic's of them since