Category: Civil Aviation

Pilot killed after amateur-built plane crashes into mangroves
General Aviation

The two-seat kit-built Acroduster II had taken off from Caloundra in the Sunshine Coast when witnesses reported the aircraft “descended very quickly” shortly after 9:20am. It is currently not known what caused the crash.

Sydney Seaplanes offers discount to vaccinated customers
General Aviation

Tourism operator Sydney Seaplanes will begin offering “significant discounts” to vaccinated Australians, in an effort to drive up local immunisation rates and re-open international borders.

Exclusive: Hero pilot, 61, re-enters submerged Cessna to save trainee, 20
General Aviation

Talking to Australian Aviation, Gerry Geltch said, “He was my staff member, he was my priority. I think when you’re a father, you just think about if it were your kids. It just is what it is and you do what you have to do.”

Flight school Soar didn’t trade while insolvent
General Aviation

Liquidator KPMG’s final report also revealed how the school’s fleet of around 50 aircraft have now been sold for $5.3 million, and it collapsed owing employees $1.1 million.

Piper-PA32 pilot survives nosedive crash near Moorabbin
General Aviation

First responders said the pilot was lucky to be alive after his single-engine light plane, VH-CWK, crashed into trees, and nosedived to the ground, about 1km north of the airport just after midday.

Powerline crash Cessna 172 hit the ground nose-first
General Aviation

An ATSB investigation into the fatal crash of a Cessna 172 that was conducting powerline work in the Yass Valley has revealed the aircraft entered into a spin before crashing nose-first into the ground.

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