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Emerald Qld was predicting profits and did invest in a separate terminal for charter (without security) and upgraded security at the RPT terminal, including paid parking. A good amount of that was financed by Government grants. Now 5,000 mining jobs have gone in 2 years from the mines it serves and more from the town that served them. Currently the fees stand at -$20.60 per passenger embarking or disembarking, passenger screening $15.96, landing fees RPT (not disclosed), others $11.50 per tonne. Parking $10 per day, annual fee $3,000, hire companies $2,900 per parking spot. Working on one passenger getting off and one on, both with a car in the park (pick up / set down or left there for the day) on an RPT that is $35.96 for the seat. Multiply that by the capacity and add landing fees to work out the max return per RPT. Similar costs per charter aircraft, except we know landing fees. Qantas & Jetstar have flights. Q has up to 7 flights a day, Dash 8s. Working on 50 seats max that's $1,798 + landing fees per flight. Weekends are quiet, but you can get the idea. Wagners can charge what the market will bear. At these rates Emerald is thriving and just finishing another paid car park facility. Council is trying to stop people parking in the nearby retail and industrial sector roads. Depends on the investment to determine if the return is suitable.

ATSB initial report showing the time: http://www.atsb.com.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ao-2014-168.aspx Collision with terrain involving a Cessna 206, VH-KRR, 33 km west of Nowra Airport, NSW Time: 11:23 ESuT Investigation type: Occurrence Investigation Location (show map): 33 km west of Nowra Airport

Tried it, but the eggs boiled dry and burnt. What am I doing wrong? Sue

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-14/plane-crashes-into-a-house-at-chelsea/5812548 A light plane has crashed into a house near The Strand at Chelsea in Melbourne's south-east. Victoria Police said they received numerous calls from people saying a small aircraft appeared to be experiencing engine problems before it plummeted into the property about 1.30pm AEDT.

Darn! We were going to come, being just up the road that day. Let me know if they restart. PS. It is still on Aeroclub's events. Sue

Wheelies with Wings Presents:- More details on https://www.facebook.com/wheelieswithwings

Maintain your Engineering safety knowledge by attending a specifically tailored Aircraft Engineering seminar. The seminar will include the latest information on Part 66 LAME licensing and PART 147 training, maintenance organisation regulations, including CAR 30 and PART 145, Human Factors for Engineers and resources available on the CASA website. These seminars will provide engineering staff and organisations with the opportunity to hear up to date information regarding regulation change, find out how to stay informed and ask questions relating to these topics. Register here: http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_101954

Maintain your Engineering safety knowledge by attending a specifically tailored Aircraft Engineering seminar. The seminar will include the latest information on Part 66 LAME licensing and PART 147 training, maintenance organisation regulations, including CAR 30 and PART 145, Human Factors for Engineers and resources available on the CASA website. These seminars will provide engineering staff and organisations with the opportunity to hear up to date information regarding regulation change, find out how to stay informed and ask questions relating to these topics. Register here: http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_101954

Australian National Aviation Museum http://www.aarg.com.au/events.html Celebrating 50 years of the Alfa Romeo 105 in Australia, vintage aircraft, cars and more Adult $10, child/concs $5, family $20

Australian National Aviation Museum http://www.aarg.com.au/events.html Adult $10, child/concs $5, family $20 Open cockpits, engine runs, military vehicles, models, entertainment

Australian National Aviation Museum Model Aircraft competition, flying and on display, from small to large. Adults $10, child / cons $5, family $20 Model entry fees - see flyer Flyer (downloadable pdf) http://www.aarg.com.au/uploads/6/5/9/1/6591991/wings14.pdf

Australian National Aviation Museum Thursday, Friday, Saturday performance, with WWI focus. Tickets $20, includes refreshments. Bookings essential, limit of 40 participants per show. More details and bookings here: http://www.aarg.com.au/events.html

http://www.caboolturewarplanemuseum.com/

Gympie Aeroclub is holding a monthly breakfast Fly-in on every first Sunday of the month starting at 8.30 am. The cost of the breakfast is $5 . Come and join us and bring a friend.

On Saturday the 25th of October Rathmines will come alive once again for the annual Rathmines Catalina Festival. A great showcase event for Rathmines and Lake Macquarie, with awesome Air Acrobatics, a Military Vehicle Show, seaplanes on display, cockpit of Mirage Fighter Jet, a Beaufighter cockpit and live music and great food. At the former RAAF seaplane base at Rathmines, once the largest flying boat base in the South Pacific, a tightly packed and spectacular air show will have visitors in awe of breathtaking stunts and flying manoeuvres. Paul Bennet Airshows has created a program with 15 different aircraft and flight teams which will fly from mid morning until the end of the festival with the highlight being the Catalina Flyover in the afternoon. http://www.rathminescatalinafestival.com/

Royal Victorian Aero Club was first formed 28th October 1914. To celebrate RVAC will hold a hangar dinner in conjunction with RFDS. Details here:- http://www.rvac.com.au/club/rvac-100-year-century-dinner.html

80th Anniversary - 25th October To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Uiver landing, we will be holding celebrations throughout Albury. These celebrations include: Dutch street organ in QE2 square from 08:30 - 10:00 Vintage car parade down Dean Street from 9:30 Albury Airport Open Day 10:00 - 2:00 - Brochure attached High Flying Heroes - An Evening with Richard De Crespigny Booking for the High Flying Heroes - An Evening with Richard De Crespigny must be made here:- http://www.uivermemorial.org.au/index.php/homepage/80th-anniversary. All proceeds will be going towards the restoration of the Uiver Memorial airframe.

The Robe Aero Club are holding their annual fly-in. There will be Yaks, Red Dragons, Tigermoths, Austers, Cesnas and more - a huge concourse of private light aircraft from the 1930's to the latest. Many activities will go all Saturday and Sunday. Cost - Gold coin donation. All aviators welcome! Program: Saturday 18th at Airfield 0800 Aircraft commence flying in 1000 Lions Club open for business with food and refreshment (No alcohol permitted on airfield) 1100 All aircraft available for inspection in the marshalling area. 1400 Best presented aircraft competition Pilots prize, Public prize. 1500 Circuits and bumps 1630 In town for drinks. 1800 Aviators dinner at Robe Hotel includes "Tall Tales from the Skies"�� presented by selected pilots. Sunday 19th 0730 Transport to the Airfield from Caledonian Hotel. 0800 Breakfast provided by the Lions Club. 0930 Aircraft start to depart, fly over Victoria Street peel off over Obelisk and head for home. 1130 Opening of Robe Aero Club - Club House sponsors, members and invited guests, drinks and lunch at Airfield.

Queensland Vintage Aircraft Group Early Aviation Seminar - Building reproduction and replica aeroplanes. Venue - QVAG Building, Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield. Cost Nil http://www.wattsbridge.com.au/homebase/qvag.php Note - I cannot get the QVAG website up - www.qvag.org to confirm details on this event. Contact them for times.

Adelaide stunt pilot (Rainer Huefner) killed in crash Aerobatics pilot Tony Schwerdt knew Mr Huefner for about 25 years. "He was a very conscientious guy, very meticulous. He had a happy-go-lucky nature," Mr Schwerdt said. "In terms of the type of flying he was doing - he was doing an air show sequence, not for aerobatic competition - he was practising and something went wrong." "We don't know exactly what happened, but he ran out of room and hit the ground." Two investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau have travelled from Canberra to look into the cause of accident. Full story here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-11/adelaide-man-killed-light-plane-descibed-experienced-pilot/5806788

Thanks. The Grandkids sometimes play with his iPad - finally got the camera icon back - was under Restrictions behind a password, so no idea how it was set to not display. I did some work on my laptop (including a reboot) and my links seem to be working OK. Haven't got around to deleting the cookie (I can't get them up by date) so the better half has not done the survey.

There is a score sheet and more information here: http://www.royalaeroclubwa.com.au/events/details/id/148/ Royal Aero Club of WA owns Murrayfield - as for recreational aircraft being welcome - I don't know. Their on-line monthly magazine is a good read - note they have graduated some RPL's already. http://www.royalaeroclubwa.com.au/content/page/tarmac-topics-2014.html Another interesting point in the October magazine, they have noted a rise in people taking TIFs purely for the thrill seeking experience, thus lower numbers converting to students. I don't guarantee any of the events I post here, I simply harvest information from various sources when I can, and post the most interesting here. RACWA are very active and offer members a lot of options, but they are a GA school. Where they don't say their events are limited to members or GA only, I list them here. Sue

Murrayfield WA, Royal Aero Club of Western Australia. www.royalaeroclubwa.com.au Fly the circuit from a different perspective. Its a bigger difference than you might realise; flying from the right hand seat. Not only have the Instruments all been moved but the throttle and yoke are in the wrong hands as well. BBQ breakfast 0830. Briefing 0900.

Navigating around the circuit Gympie-Murgon-Mundubbera-Gayndah-Biggenden-Maryborough-Gympie.. Starting at 8am from YGYM Saturday Oct 11