Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / September 2007

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& EVOLUTION OF FLIGHT FESTIVAL 2007!
On the wings of a successful event in 2005, we are excited to invite you to

In today's Crikey.com newsletter (Squatter's version).
Report on an A330 not having enough fuel to reach PER.
I wonder what it would take to get the proper category ILS equipment installed
so that such events aren't an issue. Seems that a few flights to MEL in recent

Hi I wanted to relive my scanner days, and just bought myself a Maycom
AR-108 Scanner.
I cannot pickup good sound from my place.
If I am at the Airport, its good quality, but here, its crap, can hardly

I am going to break some of my own rules here and speculate  on
perhaps what should come out in light of this tragedy.
Company culture ( past history of penalising those who dared question
authority on safety issues  such as duty times)

1. The Flying Inventor", Alan Mitchell, RAAF Ground Engineer, Inventor
and pilot. 1917 -
Self published, 2000. ISBN 0 646 49918 1  Also as a paperback
Mentions: 85 Squadron: Much on Boomerangs: Built Druine Turbi:

Gulf Air fined for breaching curfew
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Missing the clock by a few minutes has cost Gulf Air a record $167,500
in fines for breaching Sydney Airport's curfew on incoming and

The ABC is reporting that rally champion Colin McRae is believed to
have been killed in a helicopter crash.  As well as motor sport, he had
a pilot's licence and owned a helicopter.  Presumably it was his
helicopter that crashed, but they haven't confirmed it.

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22435325-15306,00.html
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EIGHTY of the world's busiest airports could within five years make
the switch to radio tags to track and transfer baggage in a move

Hey Ned!!
Got a letter from CASA today, I was all excited.......turns out it was just
an update on Maint reform.
Haven't you called them yet???

I'm looking to start the practical side of my command instrument rating
and am looking for a school to attend.
I was thinking of Whitworth, but Billy's Duchess does not have a GPS so
I cannot get an RNAV endorsement. Should I worry? Or just go to someone

Tonight on World Movies, 8:30pm.
Salon aéronautique de Farnborough, Angleterre. Alors qu'il était en
pleine démonstration, un Mirage 2000 a disparu au-dessus de la Mer du
Nord. Les capitaines Antoine Marchelli et Sébastien Vallois sont

Just to make this post a little aviation related, below is a Chaser video
on the APEC 'no fly zone' in Sydney.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kW8dhqz9Zg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-sGlKtI3k4

ONLY ONE MONTH MORE TO GO TO THE 14TH OF OCTOBER CELEBRATION OF
AUSTRALIA 'S 37 YEARS STANDING COLLECTIVE CRIMES !
THE LAND OF BASTARDS IS VERY PROUD OF ITSELF AS WELL AS THAT
ANTIPODEAN CONVICT RABBLE AT LARGE CRAWLING & FIGHTING OVER EACH

Navy Axes Sea King Crash Officers
Article from: The Australian
By Dan Box
September 20, 2007 12:15am