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Another site mentioned that Ross was flying a single seat Mosquito Very Sad Fly Safe RW From ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-29/missing-wa-helicopter-pilot-confirmed-dead-in-crash/6658164 Police have found the body of a missing pilot and the wreckage of his helicopter in Western Australia's Pilbara. Arthur Percy Ross McDowell, 62, left Indee Station, about 70 kilometres south of Port Hedland, at 4:00pm yesterday. He planned to fly to Roy Hill Station in Nullagine in the single-seat helicopter, about 300 kilometres away. An extensive search was launched for Mr McDowell when he failed to arrive. Eight helicopters and two planes as well as ground crews were involved in the search, which covered a 3,000-square-kilometre area. Police said the wreckage was found about 11 kilometres north of Roy Hill station. Mr McDowell was well known locally and had more than 40 years' flying experience.

Another Robinson Destroyed Glad the Pilot is OK Fly Safe R W From ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-14/pilot-walks-away-from-helicopter-crash-in-central-australia/6619298 A pilot has survived a crash that destroyed his helicopter on a central Australian cattle station. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said the Robinson R44 went down on Deep Well Station, 200 kilometres south-east of Alice Springs, at 1:10pm. The pilot activated an emergency beacon and used a satellite phone to tell the rescue coordination centre in Canberra he was not badly hurt. He told them he would make his own way to Alice Springs for medical treatment. The man was the only person on board the chopper, which is understood to have been destroyed by the impact of the crash. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority grounded some R44's in February after a deadly crash in New Zealand. Northern Territory cattle industry identity Dougal Brett died when his R44 crashed on Waterloo Station near the Northern Territory-Western Australia border last month. The cause of the accident is unclear, but the ATSB is investigating.

Good outcome considering. a PT - 6 with afterburner. Fly Safe RW

I wonder why his passenger takes so long to look up at the cat Maybe she thought he was talking about her kitty:oh yeah:

Hope he pulls through From ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-23/ultralight-plane-crash-tyagarah-nsw-north-coast/6566590 Pilot critically injured in plane crash near Byron Bay, in northern NSW Updated 10 minutes ago A 59-year-old man is in a critical condition after crashing an ultralight plane on the New South Wales far north coast. Witnesses have said the pilot lost control moments after taking off from the Tyagarah airstrip near Byron Bay earlier this morning. Doug Thomas, who witnessed the plane in trouble, made a triple-0 call after the aircraft crashed. He said the plane began moving erratically just seconds after taking off. "As he took off he was swinging a bit like a pendulum, probably from the power while he was taking off," he said. "He got above the trees and a bit of a gust of wind came in, and he did an almighty bank, as if he was trying to do a trick really low to the ground. "He almost went over, it looked like, and then he rectified and went the other way and then we lost him behind the trees. Mr Thomas said not long after that he heard a crash. "It wasn't a massive crash because it's only a small aircraft, but there was a definite crumple," he said.

Already posted by me back in May. 2017 Avalon Airshow Regards R W

Lucky they weren't in a Jabiru, the cat would have used another of his lives. Fly Safe RW

Dick is a really nice guy He has been great for Tasmania & always welcome here. Also good to see he received the Companion (AC) of The Order of Australia in the Queens Birthday Honours list today. Well done Dick Regards R W

RIP, Sympathy to Family & Friends R W http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2015/aair/ao-2015-055.aspx The ATSB is investigating a fatal accident involving a Robinson Helicopter Company R22 that occurred near Kilmorey Falls, Queensland on 28 May 2014. It has been reported that the helicopter's tail rotor clipped a tree resulting in a loss of control and subsequent collision with terrain. The pilot was fatally injured. Three ATSB investigators, with specialisations in aircraft engineering, have been deployed to the accident site. While at the site, the investigators will: examine the wreckage and accident site examine aircraft documentation interview witnesses. Witnesses are asked to call the ATSB on 1800 020 616. The investigation is continuing.

Link to the Airshow Website Lots more videos Enjoy Regards R W http://www.cameronairshow.com/

Update RIP The pilot and sole occupant of an ultra light aircraft which crashed into the ocean off North Stradbroke Island has been found dead. An Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) spokesman confirmed the aircraft was a two-seater and the male pilot was the only person on board. He took off from Dunwich on the western side of North Stradbroke Island about 10:00am but his intended destination was unknown. Earlier, a Queensland Police Service (QPS) spokesman said the crashed aircraft had the capacity to carry six people, but they could not confirm how were on board at the time of the crash. At least four helicopters were taskedto the waters about eight kilometres south-east off Point Lookout about 11:30am after a distress beacon was activated. Since then, images snapped from a jointly-funded Channel 7 and 9 helicopter showed what appeared to be aircraft wreckage in the water. QPS said Water Police and POLAIR are also providing assistance. An exclusion zone has been set up encompassing George Northling Drive and The Causeway. Police said the incident occurred off shore, within three kilometres of the Surf Lifesaving Club on North Stradbroke Island. They said it was not known what caused the crash. An Air services Australia spokesman said a member of the public also reported a possible ditching into the ocean about one to two nautical miles off North Stradbroke Island.

Not Good Fly Safe RW From ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-09/light-plane-goes-missing-off-north-stradbroke-island/6457498 A light aircraft believed to be carrying six people has gone missing off North Stradbroke Island. A spokeswoman for RACQ CareFlight said its Sunshine Coast rescue helicopter had been tasked to a "search and rescue mission" about eight kilometres south-east of Point Lookout. They had reports of a light aircraft crash about 11:30am. The EMQ Helicopter Rescue has also joined the search. Images snapped from a jointly-funded Channel 7 and 9 helicopter show what appears to be wreckage in the water. However, there has been no official confirmation of any wreckage. A spokesman for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said a distress beacon was activated about 11:20am. An Air services Australia spokesman said a member the he public also reported a possible ditching into the ocean about 1 to 2 nautical miles off North Stradbroke Island. More to come.

[MEDIA=vimeo]100670266[/MEDIA] Wonder if these guys would come to Avalon Air Show, it is possible by 2017 some of them wont be alive, Very Risky, Flying on the Edge! Your thoughts? Fly Safe Regards R W:rotary:

A beautiful sight & sound around Hobart & the river Derwent Hopefully the issues can be resolved & the company will start flying again. Fly Safe RW:rotary: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-30/seaplane-business-grounded-as-tasmanian-air-adventures-collapses/6433998?section=tas Tasmanian Air Adventures, which runs the seaplane operation out of the Hobart waterfront, has been placed in liquidation. The seaplane had become a fixture of the city, offering scenic flights and charter tours using the River Derwent as its airstrip. The YKYMF Group Pty Ltd, which trades as Tasmanian Air Adventures, announced today the company was in creditors' voluntary liquidation. The company's employees were advised of the situation and all flights have ceased. State Opposition leader Bryan Green said the news was disappointing. "It comes as a shock to me because I imagined that business was going really well and he's a young entrepreneur and I feel for him, I hope there's a way he can trade his way out," Mr Green said. The company's licence was extended last year to access Tasmania's remote wilderness as part of the State Government's low-impact tourism plans. Last year the company invested in a second seaplane to meet demandafter it picked up the people's choice award at the state tourism awards. In March, the seaplane was forced to make an emergency landing after the engine cover flung loose. A meeting of creditors has been scheduled for May 11.

Dateline SBS 8.30 pm Sunday Examines the recent Germanwings tragedy. Regards RW

Hey Bexrbetter, I didn't realise Shirley had been allocated a job in the Navy Regards R W

It is amazing what they can do these days, some times I look at Clouds & I can see a rabbit! New Contrail Data Released Hope one day they find the Aircraft. Fly Safe R W https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzOIIFNlx2aUWEtvSjBVS2JWX0E/view?pli=1

Lucky escape from ABC News. Hope the woman recovers well. Fly Safe R W http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-13/skier-hit-by-plane-in-french-alps/6314666?section=world A Polish skier has been seriously injured after being hit by a light aircraft careering down the slopes of a resort in the French Alps. The ski-equipped single-propeller Jodel plane failed to take off from the snowy high-altitude runway near the ski area at Avoriaz. The pilot was unable to stop the plane, which slid down the slopes, narrowly missing a group of children and passing under a chairlift before clipping the woman and nearly severing her hand. "We only narrowly avoided a catastrophe," said a firefighting source, who declined to be named. The 55-year-old woman was hit by the plane's propeller and suffered a "near amputation", according to emergency services. She was immediately attended to by a resort doctor before being evacuated to a local hospital by helicopter. "The plane suddenly appeared behind her and there was virtually no sound. She didn't hear it," local public prosecutor Patrick Steinmetz told AFP news agency. Accompanied by one passenger, the pilot made a stopover in Avoriaz, close to the border with Switzerland, and was about to depart when the accident occurred. The pilot was "a professional who is used to these kind of conditions" on take-off, Mr Steinmetz said. The prosecutor's office was investigating the accident. The plane, which was surrounded by safety nets after the accident, was to be moved Thursday night, and the ski track closed until the end of May.

Went on Friday & Saturday, Very enjoyable, walked many miles, lots to see The Airshow volunteers did a great job. +1 for the many Gyros & the turbine mosquito helicopter. I would like to see the next Avalon Airshow a Smoke free event ( humans that is, not the aircraft) Every time you stopped to look at something, some A**hole would lite one up. Regards R W

I have to buy one of those dash cams Hard to believe passengers survived this crash, another with Asia in the title! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-04/taiwan-plane-crashes-in-taipei-river-people-killed/6069950 11 persons are feared dead after a plane carrying 58 people crashed into a river in Taiwan's capital Taipei, the local fire department says Of the 58 people on board, 28 were rescued, the fire department said in a text message. Taipei City government spokesman Sidney Lin told Focus Taiwan news channel the TransAsia Airways plane crashed into the Keelung River after hitting a bridge. Dramatic pictures taken by a motorist and posted on Twitter showed the plane veering over a motorway close to the airport soon after the turboprop ATR 72-600 aircraft took off. A senior rescuer at the site said those yet to be rescued were thought to be trapped inside the submerged front section of the plane. "The focus of our work is to try to use cranes to lift the front part of the wreckage which is submerged under the water and is where most of the other passengers are feared trapped," the rescue official told reporters. Earlier, television footage showed passengers in life jackets wading and swimming clear of the river with rescuers standing on large sections of broken wreckage trying to pull others out of the plane with ropes. The accident happened a few minutes after the plane took off from Taipei's Songshan airport en route to the island of Kinmen Thirty-one mainland Chinese tourists were among those on board, Taiwan's tourism bureau said. China's Xiamen Daily newspaper said on a verified social media account the Chinese tourists were part of two tour groups from the eastern Chinese city Xiamen. "All their phones were powered off because they were on board a plane, so we haven't been able to contact them," an unnamed representative of one of the tour agencies told the newspaper. Xiamen is in Fujian province, which lies across the Taiwan Strait from the island. An employee of one of the tour agencies, surnamed Wen, said it had 15 clients, including three children younger than 10, and a tour leader on board. "It's an emergency," she said. "We're working with different work teams. We're trying to arrange for the relatives to go to Taiwan." Local television news reported 53 passengers and five crew were believed to be on board the domestic flight. Reports said all those rescued were taken to hospital. Last July, 48 people were killed when another domestic TransAsia flight crashed onto houses during a storm on the Taiwanese island of Penghu.

From ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/airasia-flight-qz8501-search-crews-find-seven-victims/6064548 Indonesian divers have found another seven victims of the AirAsia plane crash, taking to 84 the number of bodies retrieved since the accident in late December. Two bodies were found inside the fuselage of the plane on Monday, while another four were located near the wreckage on the bottom of the Java Sea, AirAsia said in a statement. Another body was located on Sunday as Indonesia's national search and rescue agency BASARNAS resumed operations. Divers had taken a two-day break after searching at sea for weeks in poor weather conditions. "To date, BASARNAS has confirmed to have recovered a total of 84 remains of which 64 remains have been identified by [the Disaster Victim Identification Police Department Republic of Indonesia], 13 remains are still being identified and seven remains have yet to arrive at Bhayangkara Hospital, Surabaya," the statement said. The mission is continuing to search for the bodies of the remaining 78 people aboard flight QZ8501, which went down in stormy weather during what was supposed to be a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. The search and rescue operation using vessels, sea riders and inflatable boats is focused on the area around the Karimata Strait and the Java Sea. "[search and rescue] vessels and sea divers were deployed in order to locate more passengers and plane debris around the area," AirAsia said in the statement. The Indonesian military, which has provided the bulk of personnel and equipment for the operation, withdrew from the search last week. Civilian search and rescue agency BASARNAS is expected to re-evaluate whether to continue their search mission over the coming days. The agency said the main aim of the operation was to find more bodies, not to lift the plane's fuselage, which has split in two

From Adelaide Now Photo of the wreckage in Link http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/mans-miraculous-escape-after-home-built-kit-plane-crashes-at-gawler/story-fni6uo1m-1227205317118 A GLIDER pilot dived from the sky to help a man whose light aircraft crashed at Gawler Aerodrome in the the second incident at the airfield today. Adelaide Soaring Club gliding branch chief flying instructor Rob Richter was about 300m above the ground when he saw the homemade single seater plane crash and catch fire beneath him about 3.10pm. The 50-year-old experienced pilot aboard the light aircraft escaped the crash with minor injuries. He was treated by paramedics at the scene and taken to hospital for further assessment. About two hours earlier, another pilot escaped injury after making an emergency landing when the rudder on his sports aircraft jammed. He was not injured in the crash. Of the later incident, Mr Richter said the plane appeared to take off and climb normally to about 50m before sustaining engine failure. He said the plane had been airborne for only about 30 seconds. “The pilot tried to get back on the runway and he was that low when he turned that it just hit the ground on the final turn,” he said. “I watched from the air and it was flying fast and low. “The wingtip hit the ground together with the nose at the same time and it slid about 20 to 30 yards.” Mr Richter, who has 30 years’ flying experience, said he immediately descended and landed his glider next to the wreckage, fearing the pilot had died. He said the pilot was standing near the aircraft, which had caught fire and was starting to burn. “I was elated to see him standing in front of the aircraft,” he said. “He had a lacerated head and hands. We (Mr Richter and his student) had a first aid kit and put a bandage on him. “We didn’t talk about the crash at all. “He is a very lucky man.”

Fly Safe R W:rotary: From ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-02/man-walks-from-light-plane-crash-in-sa/6063862 A man has walked from the burning wreckage of a light plane crash north of Adelaide with only minor injuries. Emergency crews were called to Gawler Airfield about 3:15pm (ACDT) after reports a light plane had crashed and was on fire. The CFS said the home-built aircraft lost power during take-off and crashed at the end of the runway before bursting into flames. About $50,000 in damage was caused to the plane in the incident. The SA Ambulance Service said a man in his 50s was treated for minor injuries.

Update from ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-21/airasia-plane-climbed-at-speed-then-stalled-official-says/6029756 An AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month with 162 people on board had climbed at a speed that was higher than normal and then stalled, Indonesia's transport minister says. Flight QZ8501 went down on December 28 in stormy weather, during what was supposed to be a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. Indonesia's meteorological agency has said bad weather may have caused the crash, and investigators are analysing the data from the jet's black boxes before releasing a preliminary report. Just moments before the plane disappeared off the radar, the pilot had asked to climb to avoid the storm. He was not immediately granted permission due to heavy air traffic. "In the final minutes, the plane climbed at a speed which was beyond normal," transport minister Ignasius Jonan told reporters, citing radar data. "The plane suddenly went up at a speed above the normal limit that it was able to climb to. Then it stalled." Earlier at a parliamentary hearing, he said radar data showed the Airbus A320-200 appeared at one point to be climbing at a rate of 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) a minute before the crash. There were several other planes in the area at the time. "I think it is rare even for a fighter jet to be able to climb 6,000 feet per minute," Mr Jonan said. "For a commercial flight, climbing around 1,000 to 2,000 (feet) is maybe already considered extraordinary, because it is not meant to climb that fast." Human error or plane damage likely cause: investigators His comments came after Indonesian investigators said they were focusing on the possibility of human error or problems with the plane having caused the crash, following an initial analysis of the cockpit voice recorder. "We didn't hear any other person, no explosion," investigator Nurcahyo Utomo told reporters, explaining why terrorism had been ruled out. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Committee were now looking at the "possibility of plane damage and human factors", he said, without giving further details. As well as the cockpit voice recorder, the committee is also examining a wealth of information in the flight data recorder, which monitors every major part of the plane. A preliminary report will be released on January 28. There was a huge international hunt for the crashed plane, involving ships from several countries including the US and China. Indonesian search and rescue teams have so far recovered just 53 bodies from the sea. But last week a Singapore navy ship located the jet's main body, with the AirAsia motto "Now Everyone Can Fly" painted on the side. Rescue teams hope they will be able to find many more of the passengers and crew inside. Divers have so far not succeeded in reaching the fuselage despite several attempts due to bad weather, high waves and strong underwater currents.

Update from ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-09/airasia-crash-qz8501-pings-detected-investigator-says/6008994 AirAsia QZ8501: Pings detected in search for crashed plane's black box, investigator says Updated 12 minutes agoFri 9 Jan 2015, 2:36pm Search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet have detected pings in their efforts to find the black box recorders, Santoso Sayogo, an investigator at the National Transportation Safety Committee has told Reuters news agency. Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 vanished from radar screens on December 28, less than half way into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were no survivors among the 162 people on board. Indonesian search teams loaded lifting balloons on to helicopters on Friday ahead of an operation to raise the tail section of the jet, although Sayogo said it appeared that the black box was no longer in the tail and divers were confirming its position.