Parafield Mid-Air
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Parafield Mid-Air
I just heard there was a mid-air at Parafield involving two FTA aircraft. Anyone have some info?
I have a friend flying there at the moment.
TBT
I have a friend flying there at the moment.
TBT
whats the source on this?
I just called to check at PF - no emergency services buzzing around or anything to signify this.. Was it at the aerodrome or in the training area / one of the inbound reporting points?
We have channel 9 & channel 10 news helicopters in our hangar and they are sitting dormant... Would indicate media doesnt seem to know anything about it.
Waiting on a phone call to the tower to check...
I just called to check at PF - no emergency services buzzing around or anything to signify this.. Was it at the aerodrome or in the training area / one of the inbound reporting points?
We have channel 9 & channel 10 news helicopters in our hangar and they are sitting dormant... Would indicate media doesnt seem to know anything about it.
Waiting on a phone call to the tower to check...
Natit, perhaps you could enlighten us as to your source, and to what really happened. If you have more accurate information, please add to the discussion, rather than denouncing other posters as wrong, with nothing to back up your claims.
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Ok, so another 'source' (one of the instructors) states, that the grob cliped the tobago on finals.... not sure on the rego, but the incident report will be about somewhere.
"so called" incident?
the silence is deafening!
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Here is some of the latest "gossip" from Parafield.
The mid-air incident may (or may not) have happened before (or after) the TWR opened, and there were more (or possibly less) than the maximum permitted (of 5) aircraft operating in the circuit.
What I have seen with my own eyes, is a Tobago parked in the far NE corner of their hangar with a green tarp covering the fin and rudder. This suggests the rudder has been clipped by a wing, a wheel or a prop.
Callsign might have been VH-YTG.
Aviation Photos: VH-YTG
The media have a sniff of it and have been ringing around the flight schools asking questions but not getting too much cooperation AFAIK.
The mid-air incident may (or may not) have happened before (or after) the TWR opened, and there were more (or possibly less) than the maximum permitted (of 5) aircraft operating in the circuit.
What I have seen with my own eyes, is a Tobago parked in the far NE corner of their hangar with a green tarp covering the fin and rudder. This suggests the rudder has been clipped by a wing, a wheel or a prop.
Callsign might have been VH-YTG.
Aviation Photos: VH-YTG
The media have a sniff of it and have been ringing around the flight schools asking questions but not getting too much cooperation AFAIK.
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Looks like FTA's fessed up, with local Channels 7 and 10 broadcasting the story on tonight's news with CASA's Peter Gibson chipping in too.
As you would expect, Sleazy Seven went to a nearby shopping center to get as much negative comment from the locals.
As you would expect, Sleazy Seven went to a nearby shopping center to get as much negative comment from the locals.
