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Part of Bankstown’s $60 million Aviation Hangar Project Major Development Plan (MDP), the project will see the construction of two new hangars and associated facilities, which will support up to 10 GA operations in the southwest Sydney region.
VH-NWJ, a Cessna 208B operated by East Air, was returning to Lizard Island on 8 January 2024 with nine passengers on board after the pilot noticed a significant uncommanded increase in engine power, but overshot the runway, flipped over and came to rest 127 metres away.
The 1967 Piper Cherokee PA-28-140, VH-BUN, made an emergency landing on the 15th hole of Mona Vale Golf Course at around 2pm on Sunday, having flown north from Shellharbour via Camden. The pilot and passenger, both 50 years old, safely exited the heavily damaged plane.
The first National General Aviation (GA) Culture and Wellbeing Survey, conducted by Navigating Aviation, found 76 per cent of current GA workers are concerned about mental health issues in the industry and 59 per cent believe there is a “culture of silence” preventing them from speaking up.
The pilot in his early 70s and his female passenger in her 60s departed George Town Airport in Tasmania at around 12:45pm bound for Hillston in central western NSW via Leongatha, with the alarm raised at around 5pm that evening after they failed to arrive.
Associate professor Andrew Kornberg has already raised more than $2 million of his $4.5 million target and undertook the flight in his own single-engine plane.
