[thorn bird]

Not much in the Aviation Section of todays Australian except a ton of propaganda on defence.
One little snippet caught my eye on page eight is an article from Ean Higgins "Riverina Locals are doing it for themselves".
Its them Wagner's again.
Seems like the local council in Deniliquin has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Wagner's to build a 2km runway at Deniliquin Airport suitable for A320 cargo planes to fly mainly agricultural products to Wellcamp Airport near Toowoomba, connecting with cargo jumbos and shipped overseas taking local produce to South East Asia.
Ean goes on "There's a lot happening in the Riverina: visionary entrepreneurship, innovation, a hunt for export opportunities, new jobs".
If it goes ahead,no doubt the Wagners will build a first class airport for them under budget and in a couple of years.
No doubt CAsA will do everything they can to ensure the whole project from airport to aircraft operator is so burdened with bullshit, economically it may not be feasible, but the Wagner's have proved themselves more than capable of beating the bastards, so here's to them.
Pity they can't be contracted to build Badgeries Creek, save the taxpayers a few billion.