S211 Down Port Phillip Bay

[SpazSinbad]

Originally Posted by megan

Back when ex mil jets first appeared on the scene a CASA rep, whose name I don't recall, said it was to ensure that owners didn't shirk on maintenance, how serious he was no idea. lost a compatriot in the Canberra Mig, one of our ex A4[G] pilot/instructor.

'CLUMP's' MiG-15 (owned by a car dealer) was fraudulently represented as flyable when it really was only a 'museum piece'. The owner & pilots ('Hammo' & 'Ezza') did not know this before the fatal accident.

Canberra Times 22 Jul 1995 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128288929

MiG-15 UTI Accident Report PDF (0.33Mb) : aair199300484_001.pdf (atsb.gov.au)