Harrington Aviation Services in Moonyoonooka, Western Australia, Australia | Local business
Harrington Aviation Services
Locality: Moonyoonooka, Western Australia, Australia
Phone: +61 8 9924 6877
Address: H2/H3 29 Gordon Garratt Drive 6532 Moonyoonooka, WA, Australia
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25.01.2022 The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has temporarily suspended the operations of GippsAero GA8 aircraft. This follows a fatal GA8 aircraft accident on 14 July 2019 in Sweden during a skydiving flight. The accident happened near Umea in northern Sweden. None of the nine people on board the aircraft survived the accident. The GA8 is manufactured in Australia by GippsAero, which is based in the Latrobe Valley.... CASA has temporarily suspended GA8 operations as a precautionary step pending the outcome of further investigation by Swedish and European authorities. The temporary suspension will be for up to 15 days from midnight 20 July to midnight 03 August 2019 and affects all GA8 aircraft operating in Australia and all Australian registered GA8 aircraft operating overseas. CASA has written to all Australian operators of GA8 aircraft advising them of the temporary suspension and reminding them of their obligation to comply with all applicable GA8 Airworthiness Directives issued by CASA. CASA has also written to all National Aviation Authorities who have GA8 aircraft operating in their jurisdiction advising them that CASA has imposed a 15-day temporary operating suspension on these aircraft. CASA has been working closely with the Swedish and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In response to CASA temporarily suspending GA8 operations in Australia, EASA has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive to European GA8 aircraft owners and operators to not operate the aeroplane except for ferry flights. CASA has sent an airworthiness engineer to Sweden to observe the accident investigation and collect relevant safety information. There are 63 GA8 aircraft registered in Australia out of a world-wide fleet of 228. The GA8 is a single engine high wing aeroplane with fixed tricycle landing gear. In Australia the GA8 is used in a range of operations including charter, aerial work and parachuting. GippsAero hold a production certificate issued by CASA to manufacture the GA8 and is subject to regular surveillance and safety checks by CASA. The aircraft type was certified in 2000 by CASA for normal operations, which includes skydiving.
24.01.2022 Cessna Bird strike. This was no accident. The wedge-tailed eagle deliberately attacked the aircraft in a aggressive dive. Very territorial birds the wedgies! RIP brave bird.....
24.01.2022 There’s good light in Broome
21.01.2022 Earning his wage
20.01.2022 Thanks to Brianca Stankewycz for creating this
19.01.2022 Hands up who wants to do a top overhaul on this bad boy
17.01.2022 Fun fact: Most people think Liam Ryan got the nickname, Flyin’ Ryan, because of his regular hangers but that’s not actually true. The nickname was coined abou...t 5 years ago, when Ryan was employed as a Flight Dispatcher at a small airstrip 30km south-west of the Goldfields’ town of Leonora. One day, a trainee pilot named Hank Palmer (known as Hanky Panky to his mates) got into trouble while flying his dad’s old 1989 Valentin Taifun and needed emergency assistance. Apparently the landing gear had failed and Hank hadn’t yet learned how to ditch the plane safely. Things looked grim indeed. He radioed down to the airstrip and got a hold of Ryan on the receiver. Mate, ya gotta help me. I can’t land the plane and my fuel is running out fast. Ryan answered Hold tight mate, I’m comin’ for ya. Like the lid on West Coast's 2019 GF credentials, he was off; using his lightning quick turn of pace to navigate the airstrip and gather supplies. With a length of rope coiled around his shoulder and a toothpick cocked confidently in his teeth, he positioned himself in the centre of the airstrip and looked up to the sky. He could see Hank circling at low attitude about 400 meters above. He starts counting down. Three, two, one, and with his trademark leap, he launches himself into the air. Like a tracer bullet, the little champ snaked up into the sky until BANG he’s on the aircraft. He flashes the petrified pilot a broad smile. Don’t worry Mr Panky, you’re in safe hands mate. Using his insane grip strength (which was on full display during THAT famous grand final passage I might add), he grabs onto the propeller and forces the plane to nose dive. Hold on! he yells as the aircraft plummets toward the ground below. With mere seconds until certain death, Ryan uncoils the rope and lassoes it over the airstrip’s radio tower. It catches the antenna and throws the plane into a spiral as it wraps around the steel frame. In a plume of smoke, the plane slides to a resting position safely on the runway. He’s done it. They’re alive. With tears in his eyes, Hank pulls himself from the cockpit and thanks Ryan. Mate, I don’t know what to say that was incredible. The way you launched up to the plane. Absolutely amazing. He pauses and laughs, Haha, you know what? We should start calling you Flyin’ Ryan. And as the story spread far and wide across the great township of Leonora, so too did the legend of Flyin’ Ryan: The hero. The Saviour. The Champion. So there you have it. The true story of the origins of Flyin’ Ryan’s nickname.
16.01.2022 Not very often you get to see one of these pull up in Geraldton. Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster lll. Absolute monster and lands on a dime!
14.01.2022 On September 30th, 1956, during a drunken argument in a New York City Bar, a man named Thomas Fitzpatrick claimed he could fly an airplane from New Jersey to Ne...w York in under 15 minutes. To prove himself, Fitzpatrick left the bar, stole an airplane from a New Jersey airfield at 3am, flew without lights or radio completely intoxicated, and landed the airplane in the street in front of the bar. The owner of the plane was so impressed that he refused to press charges, and Fitzpatrick was only fined $1000 for his stunt. Two years later, Fitzpatrick got into another drunken argument in which another bar patron refused to believe his wild story, so he did it again. This time finding himself in prison for 6 months....The Original Hold my beer story See more
07.01.2022 9 June 1928 Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm cross the Pacific Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm touched down at Brisbane’s Eagle Farm Airfield t...o complete the historic first crossing of the Pacific Ocean by air? As with other great pioneering aviators, both Kingsford Smith and Ulm were WW1 veterans. Kingsford Smith served in the AIF on Gallipoli and in Egypt and France before transferring to the AFC for pilot training and then service in the Royal Flying Corps and later Royal Air Force. He served with distinction in the skies over France where he achieve four aerial victories and was awarded a Military Cross. Meanwhile, Ulm was one of the first soldiers to land on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 only to be injured a month later. He later served on the Western Front. Barred from participating in the 1919 Great Air Race, Kingsford Smith returned to Australia and completed several endurance flights including a circumnavigation of Australia, In 1928, Kingsford Smith and Ulm completed the first trans-Pacific crossing flying from Oakland, California, to Brisbane via Hawaii and Fiji in the Southern Cross, a Fokker Trimotor aircraft. The journey of 7,390 miles was completed over nine days with 83 hours of flying. They were awarded the Air Force Cross and became instant pioneer aviation heroes. Later in September, Kingsford Smith and Ulm completed a 14 hour trans-Tasman crossing flying from Sydney to Christchurch. Later in the month, their return flight to Sydney lasted 23 hours. In June 1930 Kingsford Smith completed an east-west crossing of the Atlantic from Ireland to Newfoundland in 31 hours. In 1930, he won the England to Australia air race flying solo over 13 days. In 1932 he was knighted for his pioneering aviation achievements. Charles Kingsford Smith was later lost when attempting to break the England to Australia flying record when he and the Lady Southern Cross he was flying went missing on a leg from India to Singapore. Meanwhile, Ulm, who also had continued as a pioneer aviator, was also lost when flying from California to Hawaii in 1934. Today, the Southern Cross is preserved at Brisbane Airport.
01.01.2022 See you next time Broome. Now time for some work at home
