Another new airline? Gold Airways
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Another new airline? Gold Airways
Found this on the Canberra Times Website:
Another Airline for Australia
Sunday, 27 February 2005
Following consent from the directors of RMA Gold Airways Limited, we have lodged the formal Statement of Intent to apply for an Air Operator Certificate for Gold Airways under Common Seal, with the Melbourne Airline Office of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
Can anyone shed some light?
Another Airline for Australia
Sunday, 27 February 2005
Following consent from the directors of RMA Gold Airways Limited, we have lodged the formal Statement of Intent to apply for an Air Operator Certificate for Gold Airways under Common Seal, with the Melbourne Airline Office of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
Can anyone shed some light?
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ASIC search reveals some interesting results.
Former name 'Ansett Limited'
Not particularly otherwise impressed. They lack any credibility in terms of backers, management, experience, capital etc.
65 wannabee consultants all woking for free whilst dreaming of A380 commands does not an airline make.
I suspect that the owner of PWA is the same gentleman who was one of the pilots of the DC3 which crashed into Sydney harbour a few years ago.
I also suspect that this is his second attempt to get an RPT airline off the ground. The previous one actually resulted in a 737 - 200 arriving at Essendon......................and that was it.
Good luck to them, but my money is on Oz jet as a more likely eventuality.
Former name 'Ansett Limited'
Not particularly otherwise impressed. They lack any credibility in terms of backers, management, experience, capital etc.
65 wannabee consultants all woking for free whilst dreaming of A380 commands does not an airline make.
I suspect that the owner of PWA is the same gentleman who was one of the pilots of the DC3 which crashed into Sydney harbour a few years ago.
I also suspect that this is his second attempt to get an RPT airline off the ground. The previous one actually resulted in a 737 - 200 arriving at Essendon......................and that was it.
Good luck to them, but my money is on Oz jet as a more likely eventuality.
Moderate, Modest & Mild.
The previous one actually resulted in a 737 - 200 arriving at Essendon......................and that was it.
If anyone has an address for these leeches of aviation, would you mind pm'ing me please, as they are hard people to track down.
The last attempt at serving them with a letter of demand (at their Mascot office) cost me a couple of hundred bucks, but I ain't gunna let go!
Moderate, Modest & Mild.
From the Australian Government website:-
FACTUAL INFORMATION
Summary
On Sunday 24 April 1994, at about 0910 EST, Douglas DC-3 aircraft VH-EDC took off from runway 16 at Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport. The crew reported an engine malfunction during the initial climb and subsequently ditched the aircraft into Botany Bay. The DC-3 was on a charter flight to convey a group of college students and their band equipment from Sydney to Norfolk Island and return as part of Anzac Day celebrations on the island. All 25 occupants, including the four crew, successfully evacuated the aircraft before it sank.
The investigation found that the circumstances of the accident were consistent with the left engine having suffered a substantial power loss when an inlet valve stuck in the open position. The inability of the handling pilot (co-pilot) to obtain optimum asymmetric performance from the aircraft was the culminating factor in a combination of local and organisational factors that led to this accident. Contributing factors included the overweight condition of the aircraft, an engine overhaul or maintenance error, non-adherence to operating procedures and lack of skill of the handling pilot.
Organisational factors relating to the company included:
inadequate communications between South Pacific Airmotive Pty Ltd who owned and operated the DC-3 and were based at Camden, NSW and the AOC holder, Groupair, who were based at Moorabbin, Vic.;
inadequate maintenance management;
poor operational procedures; and
inadequate training.
Organisational factors relating to the regulator included:
inadequate communications between Civil Aviation Authority offices, and between the Civil Aviation Authority and Groupair/South Pacific Airmotive;
poor operational and airworthiness control procedures;
inadequate control and monitoring of South Pacific Airmotive;
inadequate regulation; and
poor training of staff.
Click here for the complete report
FACTUAL INFORMATION
Summary
On Sunday 24 April 1994, at about 0910 EST, Douglas DC-3 aircraft VH-EDC took off from runway 16 at Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport. The crew reported an engine malfunction during the initial climb and subsequently ditched the aircraft into Botany Bay. The DC-3 was on a charter flight to convey a group of college students and their band equipment from Sydney to Norfolk Island and return as part of Anzac Day celebrations on the island. All 25 occupants, including the four crew, successfully evacuated the aircraft before it sank.
The investigation found that the circumstances of the accident were consistent with the left engine having suffered a substantial power loss when an inlet valve stuck in the open position. The inability of the handling pilot (co-pilot) to obtain optimum asymmetric performance from the aircraft was the culminating factor in a combination of local and organisational factors that led to this accident. Contributing factors included the overweight condition of the aircraft, an engine overhaul or maintenance error, non-adherence to operating procedures and lack of skill of the handling pilot.
Organisational factors relating to the company included:
inadequate communications between South Pacific Airmotive Pty Ltd who owned and operated the DC-3 and were based at Camden, NSW and the AOC holder, Groupair, who were based at Moorabbin, Vic.;
inadequate maintenance management;
poor operational procedures; and
inadequate training.
Organisational factors relating to the regulator included:
inadequate communications between Civil Aviation Authority offices, and between the Civil Aviation Authority and Groupair/South Pacific Airmotive;
poor operational and airworthiness control procedures;
inadequate control and monitoring of South Pacific Airmotive;
inadequate regulation; and
poor training of staff.
Click here for the complete report
Bit of a shame that, despite all the shortcomings, the captain didn't get a big pat on the back for crashing straight-ahead in a controlled ditching which saved the lives of all on board.
Too many aircraft hit the ground out of control after a simple engine failure, and this guy did well, IMO.
Too many aircraft hit the ground out of control after a simple engine failure, and this guy did well, IMO.
