yampy

2 hours ago, Blueadventures said:

Saying 3 minutes into flight after taking off.

 

Terrible; condolences to all involved.

Reported as a 16 yr old male on first solo . The crash occurred late downwind or turning final for R/W 06 at Camden . The pilot had received clearance to make a full stop landing on 06 . 

Media photographs of the incident confirm Cessna 208 Caravan .

On 7/8/2023 at 11:23 AM, onetrack said:

Nev, Bonza are running 787 Dreamliners. Busselton to the Gold Coast would be a doddle for them - unless they bought short range Dreamliners with small tanks. 737's are the current workhorse of the Bris-Per run, I'm sure anyone who offered a Dreamliner for long-distance flights would be rushed - as compared to flying on the junky, creaky, ancient 737's, we get to fly on now.

And all the alternates available to the 737's would be easily reached by the Dreamliners. There are a rapidly increasing number of new minesite airstrips that are capable of taking big jets.

 

Bonza are definitely not flying Dreamliners . They are flying B737MAX aircraft . The B737MAX would easily have the range to fly Busselton - Gold Coast with reserves , and they don’t fall into the “ junky, creaky, ancient 737’s” you refer to .

The other aircraft was a PA25 Pawnee.

11 hours ago, ClintonB said:

I was annoyed with the news stripvacross the screens this morning, it had something like” light plane plummets 1500 feet after engine failure”

planes do not plummet after an engine failure, maybe catastrophic failure. This bad reporting scares the shit of of families and friends of pilots, the public perception of us all. there should be some sort of standard these journalists have to use in reporting stories.

 

Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported a “ plane plummeted 2000M with pools of blood “ .. 

14 hours ago, planedriver said:

I've flown with John who comes across as a very competent instructor who knows Jabiru's inside out from many many years of personal experience, apart from being a true gentleman supported by his lovely wife they help make Dave's flying School what it is today. A great place to learn.

Sometimes in life we are handed the short-straw to deal with as they say, with no guaranteed outcome, and I wish John a speedy recovery.

Agree absolutely with all your sentiments . I too know,and have flown with John on occasions . A top bloke and one of the most trustworthy of men . I understand he’s now out of hospital , and I wish him a continued recovery .

20 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

The instructor should have taken over and put it down in the paddock straight ahead of the runway.

 I know the instructor very well . He’s an accomplished instructor of many years . The students claims don’t add up , any one who drives over 1 hr with “ bits coming out and blood coming out “ in my book has a loose interpretation of responsibilities and should reassess his suitability for pilot training . I hope John Taru makes a quick and full recovery , there’s not much focus on his welfare in the media .

13 hours ago, spacesailor said:

T V news ! .

" Engine out on take off"  , according  to trainee pilot , on his second lesson . The tree caught the tail & flipped it upside-down. 

spacesailor

He also said it came down from 1500’ .. would be quite a climb rate on departure ! .. Ive heard from a good authority they were in the landing stage … one thing we know is that the stories are changing .

The Jabiru came down within the circuit area of The Oaks airfield . I understand that one of the occupants has a hand injury and was transported to hospital by ambulance . The other occupant escaped with little or no injury .

Dave C

I’ve flown from Wedderburn a few times , there are very few options when you experience a EFATO  . I also know it was a 34deg day and it was a tailwind departure , not a good set of circumstances .

Being reported on local Sydney news as a Glasair 11 .. 

Dave C

17 hours ago, kgwilson said:

He probably could fly the Jabiru but not legally. The minimum conversion is 5 hours with a suitably accredited RA-Aus Instructor of which at least 1 must be solo. It could just be 1 with the instructor & 4 solo depending on the pilot but a CFI must sign off the final flight check. 

That’s correct  . A pilot friend of mine who held a ATPL and flew B 747’s had to do his 5 hrs to get his RAA cert. 

16 hours ago, onetrack said:

Jackc - The problems with the Taipan were more far-reaching than any private enterprise operation would be able to fix. I mean, how do you fix Taipan cargo doors that are too small? That is simply a massive basic design error, that shows up the inability of the Taipan designers to even get the important priorities sorted. These things are obviously Citroen cars close cousin.

 It may be a design fault , but isn’t the responsibility on the Aussie Government to research and acquire a machine that’s fit for purpose in the first place . The Australian Government has a poor record when it comes to making decisions regarding rotary winged machines , just look at the Tiger and who can forget the Kaman Sea Sprite fiasco .

I’m not an airline economist , and I doubt if there are any on this site , but I do know that Alan Joyce CEO Qantas has stated many times  that the DFW- SYD non stop service could only be operated profitably by a A380 . The DFW and LHR services were Qantas’s biggest earners , both operated by the A380 . They do need to be flown at almost max capacity , although that wasn’t always the case with DFW -SYD , but filling them was never an issue on those routes . Slots at LHR are rare and ultra expensive , so large capacity aircraft really come into there own at these airports , basically uplifting double the capacity of large twin aircraft . 

It wasn't a C130 , but rather a  Antonov AN12 operated by Ukraine Air Alliance . It arrived from Kupang the previous day and departed back to Kupang at approx 0930 on the 18th . 

It’s the only one in this livery . It was applied a week or so ago, and I assume a temporary one . 

8 hours ago, walrus said:

40+ cases in Victoria will be announced tomorrow 

57 to be exact 

21 hours ago, spacesailor said:

Democracy 

Were the London Parliament had the army murder the Northern coal miners !.

Were that same paliment  passes laws to ger the food from the North Beforke the northerners  

Can have a share !.

That list goes on, untill the Northener,s Danced in the street,s.

spacesailor

 

Can you post the link to substantiate those claims 

The news clips showed both the 737 and Bae146 in the same story , typical new coverage . The aeroplane the NSW RFS is sending is a B737-300 named Marie Bashir reg N138CG  . It scheduled to depart Richmond Airbase on its trans Pacific flight this morning initially routing Richmond - Pago Pago - Hilo with a call sign “ Coulson138 “ 

All you need is a length of wool cellotaped to the screen .

27 minutes ago, SSCBD said:

Three people- Baby?

Mmmmm .. wonder if that’s why the pilot refused an interview 

On 03/05/2021 at 5:11 PM, Phil Perry said:

Merci Monseiur . . . zees was ze point of moi double entendre Mon Ami. . .

Sometimes it takes a petite while for the penny , or Euro Cent to drop . I blame Ted Heath , wasn’t he the one who took us into the Common Market in the first place 😀

Incredible shot Phil. I wish I could take “ best of a bad job “ photos like that . I take it , it wasn’t taken in the midst of the Black Country 😀

That’s very impressive Phil. He has some good gear .

yampy 

Looks like a British back yard . I hope the night sky obliges and rucks of celestial bodies will be observed .

Yampy