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Photo in this report Ultralight aircraft crashes at Illawarra Regional Airport

Happened 24 April. Both occupants uninjured. Media report is as headline below but according to the report content it was apparently only a taxying incident Microlight crashes at Illawarra airport

Looking at the carpark footage there doesn't appear to be any oil leakage or staining.

Re Red's post this page "The aerial view in my post #31 shows the proposed location of the hotel and private hospital planned for Essendon Fields in the lower left corner. These are well away from the runways." The following link from Aunty Pru shows a photo of a vineyard in situ at Essendon Fields. Is this a new vineyard or an old photo with the vineyard now removed? Photo is about halfway down the Pru page. Just wondering. Regards John ‘’Tis a muddle,’ | AuntyPru.com : Home of PAIN :

Is this it? https://snappytv-a.akamaihd.net/image/sourceflv/658p658/2017-03-20T08-31-27.966Z--640x360.jpg?h=d64dc4d61b490e028d3f7b015e894394?imwidth=150

The name I put under the icon. Cheers John

I have had a Recreational Flying shortcut on my windows 8 desktop which I have used routinely for ages but yesterday saw that the shortcut description had just changed from "Rec Flying" to "NZ Vector." I did not use it but deleted the shortcut and organised a new Rec Flying one which works as intended.

Hi, with thanks to Wikipedia here is the latest list now on display in Australia (11 complete airframes plus 4 crew modules) Aircraft on display 11 F-111Cs were retained as heritage assets. Five will be placed on display at RAAF bases. A8-125, RAAF Museum A8-126, Aviation Heritage Centre, RAAF Base Amberley A8-132, RAAF Base Edinburgh A8-138, RAAF Base Amberley, to become a gate guard A8-142, RAAF Base Wagga On 4 October 2012, six more cosmetically restored and repainted aircraft were unveiled at RAAF Base Amberley for display at private aviation museums.[93] Ownership is retained by the Australian government and aircraft undergo continual maintenance and non-destructive testing. They were loaned to: Australian Aviation Heritage Centre Northern Territory Darwin, Northern Territory[94] Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome Heritage Aviation Association, Evans Head, New South Wales A8-148 – Fighter World, RAAF Base Williamtown.[95] A8-109 - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Illawarra Regional Airport Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra Airport South Australian Aviation Museum The Australian Flying Corps and Royal Australian Air Force Association would also receive a crew module of A8-131. The crew modules of A8-135, A8-136 and A8-137 are also held at the Aviation Heritage Centre, RAAF Base Amberley. A8-130 was put on display at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor in September 2013

In the USA.

There are quite a few RAAF F111s on static display across Australia.

My LSA (same as SK but factory built) cruise is normally 95 knots at 2850 rpm and you can get 100+ if you sit the plane "on the step". Your fuel burn may vary dependent on carby jet sizes fitted.

My dad was on Bougainville WW2 and said the NZ Corsairs were the noisiest things ever, being run up by the mechanics at 5am daily. The pilots billeted well away.

History of Graham Hoskins Corsair here Soccer War Corsair | HistoryNet

Just curious- Was the Cessna operating as part of the airshow or as a separate joy flight op. If separate would both aircraft have been using the airshow discrete frequency citybase 127.9 ? Are these frequencies monitored/recorded officially or by enthusiasts? Maybe transmission recordings will help the investigation.

Welcome bamooney

Report of a successful flight from Wollongong to Tyabb this week “On Wings of Waste” takes flight | Australian Aviation

Hope both recover quickly. Photos of aircraft here. Light plane crash lands at Eviron

Thread title changed from Donnington to Starke Field John

Database report ASN Aircraft incident 02-JAN-2017 Van's RV-6A VH-TJM

See post #9

White RV? http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/light-plane-flips-over-trapping-two-at-townsville-airfield/news-story/c3f115dd1da4524c79d2707f70c5b6e4

From the ABC at 1203 today. Hope all turns out OK. Two people trapped under flipped aircraft

Here's Canberras problem... From the Sydney Morning Herald Feb 2012 Why Canberra needs a second airport urgently

What about proximity alarms on wing tips (like car reversing aids}?

LSA 55. Vent is at passenger wing root.