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DerekB09/03/202609/03/2026

Outlook AHSA Newsletter February 2026

The AHSA newsletter, Outlook, is back - with a new editor, Jarryd Cripps. The February 2026 edition of Outlook / AHSA News was distributed...
DerekB30/09/202319/11/2023

Aviation Heritage Vol. 54 No. 3 (September 2023) Contents Listing

The latest quarterly AHSA journal – Aviation Heritage – has recently been posted to members. The contents of all articles are listed below: Aviation...
DerekB30/11/202223/11/2024

Australian aviation history digital archive

In its mission to preserve and promote Australia's aviation heritage, the AHSA hosts the following digital archives. Click on the image to go to...
DerekB27/04/202204/06/2023

The Aircraft Projects of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation

This new book by author and AHSA member Joe Vella has just been published (April 2022). Joe began writing this book in 1983 when...
DerekB29/09/202027/12/2022

Australian-built Aircraft and the Industry (Vol 2) by Keith Meggs

The latest book released by author Keith Meggs Volume 2 of this encyclopaedic work (containing only one chapter, being chapter 15, spread across two...

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1942 Bristol Beaufighter Mk Ic A19-61 operated by 31 Squadron RAAF crashed at three miles north east of Cootamundra on 21 September 1942. The aircraft was carrying out a mock ground attack. The crew, pilot FSGT J.E. Jenkins 407435 and navigator SGT V. Sutherst 35755 were killed. Sources: ADF Serials; aviation-safety.net website
1995 The Transport Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 1995 proposing changes to the investigative powers of Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) was introduced to Parliament on 21 September 1995. At the same time, CASA announced the mandatory fitting of Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems to regular passenger transport operators, after a series of near misses and a BASI recommendation. The Transport Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 1995 provided for the transfer of air safety investigation powers of BASI from theĀ Air Navigation RegulationsĀ to theĀ Air Navigation Act 1920. Source: SenateĀ Debates,Ā 21Ā September 1995, p.Ā 1235; Australian,Ā 7, 20 and 23 September 1995. via aph.gov.au website

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