CAC Sabre – Aviation Historical Society of Australia

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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...

1982 The Air Navigation Legislation (Validation and Interpretation) Bill 1982 was brought before Parliament on 15 September 1982 to facilitate the Department of Aviation's legal position. Source: Senate Debates, p. 1011. via aph.gov.au website

2013 Cessna U206G Stationair VH-WAV crashed at Bellfield Station, 150 kilometres north of Richmond, Queensland on 15 September 2013. At about 1200, the pilot-owner of the aircraft landed on a public road to repair a truck at a work camp. At about 1516, during take-off from a different, curved road, the aircraft’s left wing struck a tree at a height of about 30 ft. The wingtip and aileron separated before the aircraft impacted terrain, fatally injuring the pilot and passenger. The aircraft was destroyed. Sources: ATSB Investigation number AO-2013-151; aviation-safety.net website