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AOPA Oz - The marketing of Commonwealth Airports contrary to the Airports Act??

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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Australia
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WHY AREN'T PRIVATISED AIRPORTS MARKETING TO BE EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE... AIRPORTS?

Take some time to watch this interesting sales-pitch video presentation for the Aerospace Precinct in Melbourne, possibly shot during the early 2000's.  Now ask yourself, have you seen anything like this from a privatised airport in Australia?

What we have seen is almost two decades of non-aviation real-estate advertising and commercial property advertorials, seeking out multi-nationals to lease industrial warehouses and logistic centres on Australian airports.

Australia's privatised capital city airport leaseholders need to step up and deliver workable and achievable aviation development plans for the airports they are operating.  Anything less isn't good enough.

GAF - Government Aircraft Factories  ·
Mal Crozier  ·

MELBOURNES AEROSPACE PRECINCT FISHERMENS BEND VIC.

A very well produced promo movie selling the merits of the
Aerospace precinct. I see a couple of familiar faces. Adnan Raghdo from Boeing Aerostructures Australia and Roger Lough from ARL. Must have first appeared post 1998.

(Go to above FB link to view the video)

Hmm...little bit confused with the disconnection between the former Fisherman's bend and the disgusting 23+ year privitisation history of Commonwealth owned airports? However the success story of Fisherman's Bend and the association with the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation is fascinating and highlights how in times of need (IE War) Aussies in the private sector can become very motivated in the National interest..

Ref: https://www.theracetorque.com/2022/08/th...mans-bend/

Fisherman’s Bend Aerodrome

Aviation activities kicked off in Fishermans Bend as far back as 1919, with joy flights offered from near the end of Graham Street, while flying in the area was subject to what is thought to be Australia’s first air crash investigation, after the heel of Miss Jessie Dorman’s shoe jammed, causing a tragic accident in 1922.

By the 1930s, a barebones strip poked out of the swamp to cater for gliding and light aircraft enthusiasts, however, when the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) was set up in the area in 1935, a proper runway system was constructed to support the industry.

The CAC was a private company, with its ownership group featuring firms such as BHP and Holden, with the express purpose of constructing planes to support the war effort.

Subsequently, the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) was also established in the lead-up to WWII further bolstering the nation’s Defence Force, with the GAF and CAC situated on the western end of Lorimer Street, while the Aeronautical Research Laboratory was located alongside GMH, further to the east off the same road.

Numerous models are reported to have rolled out the various hangar doors, including the Wirraway and Wackett training aircraft, plus the Mustang, Boomerang, the Beauford, the Avro Lincoln, the Tiger Moth, the Canberra bomber, the Winjeel and the Jindavik, with post-war production featuring the Sabre.

There were also significant research and development activities ongoing at the facility, with large-scale production in the area ongoing through to 1960. In the end, the larger runways at Avalon, closer to Geelong, gave manufacturers the required space to operate more modern jet planes.

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Hmm...maybe we need a war for the Albo Govt to realise the value to the country the GA industry brings??  - 

MTF...P2