Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / October 2007

A Canadian Martin Mars water bomber flew down from Vancouver
Island to Lake Elsinore, Calif., on Wednesday joining 13 air
tankers, 42 helicopters, five C-130 transports adapted as
tankers, four air attack aircraft used to scout

If you think the decision to scrap the F-111 for the shitbox Boeing
Super-Peacock is a bad one, don't tell your friends, tell the dopey bastard
responsible ... just make sure you put it in writing because this bloke's
studded ears are painted on:

They'd need a damn big squeegy for this.....
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6082301
Any chance of insect swarms doing damage to their engines, or would they
just get turned into crispy critters?

Why has it taken so long to deliver the A380 to SIA  when it was
completed last March.
Also if you thing about it - why haven't we seen any other A380's ready
for delivery or Airbus announcements, making any further deliveries.

Does anyone want to sit within sight of airport security, turn on their
laptop, then visit this link?
http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf

I'm not sure that the title "dangerous airports" is appropriate,
but "spectacular" or "challenging" probably is! A bunch of photos
of nice airports: <http://get-humor.com/dangerous_airports/>
Enjoy!,

Has Kevin said anything about what he would do if elected as far as fighter
jets are concerned? Is there anything he CAN do or have we already signed
all the cheques on the F35 and Super Hornet?

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/witness-says-wheel-fell-off-plane/2007/10
/26/1192941303324.html
Air authorities have been unable to confirm a report of a wheel falling off
a plane that departed from Moorabbin Airport this morning.
A caller to a radio station reported seeing ...

JAKARTA, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia's national carrier
Garuda said on Wednesday it would appeal to the European
Union to be taken off the list of banned airlines because it
complies with international safety regulations.

Have QANTAS announced what routes they will be flying the A380 on?
To me, flying the A380 SYD<->LAX is a no-brainer (but I may be missing
something)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/22/2066577.htm
The final report on the crash of a Garuda plane in Indonesia earlier
this year has delivered scathing criticism of the pilots and airline
regulators.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/a380-to-fly-down-sydney-harbour-this-afternoon
/2007/10/24/1192941153332.html
October 25, 2007
IS IT a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a superjumbo? No, it's a storm.
The first commercial flight of the world's largest passenger jet is

THE BIGGEST SECRET  9/11, 7/7 and  ("Operation Iraqi Freedom"? ) I
want you all to think about:
We all know that 9 of the 19 Alleged hijckers are alive "Tracking the
19 Hijackers What are they up to now?

I finally managed to download the accident report into the Garuda
accident at Yogyakarta. It only took seven and a half hours, and eleven
reconnections.
I've placed a copy at the address below which can be retrieved somewhat

"If you look at his long flying experience, it's impossible
that he would try to land at that speed," Captain Geraldus said.
Perhaps that explains him deliberately ignoring the repeated
cockpit warnings ....the co-pilots shouts to go around