Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / March 2006

Surprised that no one has posted this yet.
Anyone heard of any activities this week to celebrate the event?
I do think that it would pay to check the figures before releasing the press
release though!  :-)

http://www.flightzone.co.za/media/harvards.wmv
Never seen this posted very interesting footage.

Today after collecting my ASIC, I heard on the radio that a light aircraft
had gone down at Kessells Road, Mt Gravatt.  It was raining here today with
very low cloud, particularly around the Mt Gravatt area.  Aircraft was a
Lancair with only the pilot on board.  An unconfirmed ...

Having been advised last month "Your application has been sent to
Qantas for printing on the 19th February Qantas will be contacting you
in regards to the distribution of your ASIC card." I thought I'd chase
it up.

Just a query regarding flight following procedures. Found airservices
media release from last year at
(http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/media/press_releases/pr.asp?id=pr5_05)
and a FAQ at

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1782691.html?menu=news.quirkies
     Ryanair flight lands at military base
A pilot landed a passenger jet at a military base after mistaking it for an
airport.

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=e5f885fa-7589-4d5e-8eb6-42b4b4
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NORAD Orders Deletion Of ADIZ Meeting Transcript
Fri, 10 Mar '06
Were National Security Issues At Stake?

http://tinyurl.com/q86ws
takes you to a benign blog with no nasty's

I wonder if anyone could advise what they believe would be the average
time taken to get a twin rating in an aircraft such as a Duchess?
I appreciate averages are difficult but a ballpark range would be
appreciated e.g. 8-12 hours.

The link below is to a 17MAR06 AP article, by Ryan Pearson, titled "AP
Enterprise: Older pilots crashing in disproportionate numbers". A Google
search for the title will reveal multiple republications of this same
article.

anybody got any pic's of the ansett 146's being sliced and diced at all give
me link to them please and also what is the deal with VH-RMF was registered
N767AT then transferred back to VH-RMF looks like she don't want to leave us
and has she left yet or is she still here

my aircraft has been sitting in the hangar for some time now just
waiting for a maint release signoff.
it has a wood wing so the LAME needs a wood ticket.
that makes just 50 or so of the 5,000 LAME's in australia capable of

THE North Korean heroin smuggling ship Pong Su has been sunk off the
NSW coast by a bomb dropped from 2 RAAF F-111 bombers.
The 3500-tonne freighter, which was used to import 150kg of heroin into
Australia, was sent to the bottom of the ocean 140km off the NSW south

Hope Bob Harris has his aircraft tied down in Innisfail. Looks like a
real bad one is gona hit in the morning.

Little bit confused on this issue!
Is it safe to say the flight manual is specific to each aircraft type
and supplied by the manufacturer
and