AOPA News
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Member Help required
04 May 2009Member flying over Forrest needs advice
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AOPA AGM 2009 - Update
30 April 2009The 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia will be held at the Bankstown Sports Club, Bankstown NSW at 11:00am on Saturday May 16th.
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Evans Head Needs Your Help!
24 March 2009The Evans Head saga continues. Your help is urgently needed to save the airfield.
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GAAP Review
27 March 2009The CASA Office of Airspace Regulation has commissioned a review of the utility to Australian airspace management of General Aviation Airport Procedures (GAAP) as used at Bankstown, Camden, Moorabbin, Jandakot, Archerfield and Parafield. To assist this review, an online link is available to a questionnaire
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406 MHz Beacon Shortages - Possible Exemption
19 February 2009Hands up all those who held off purchasing a 406 MHz PLB, EPIRB, or ELT until near the 1 February 2009 deadline – and then found no supply available.
That means that those people are now unable to fly legally where carriage of a beacon is required.
AOPA has been in discussion with CASA…
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Airworthiness Directive AD/FSM/31 AMDT 2
30 January 2009AOPA alerts pilots and owners to a revised Airworthiness Directive following on from the one which caused the overnight 3000 aircraft grounding last year. Don’t panic – we have a little more breathing space this time. The AD will be available on the CASA website today. AD/FSM/31 AMDT 2
Upcoming AOPA Events
- Wide Bay Australia International Airshow, – 03 July 2009
- Mission Aviation Camp, Coldstream Airfield, Killara Rd, Vic – 06 July 2009
- Australian Piper Society - Cape, Coast & Coral Adventure, – 21 July 2009
- RFDS Outback Air Race, Broome - Airlie Beach – 26 August 2009
- Tumut Valley Annual Fly-in, – 30 August 2009
- Air Show - Australian Centre for Mission Aviation (ACMA), Coldstream Airfield Vic – 05 September 2009
- Wings over Warwick, – 19 September 2009
- Jamestown Fly-In and Air Spectacular, – 17 October 2009
- Back to Nhill Fly-In, – 17 October 2009
- South West Discovery Tour, South West – 30 October 2009








