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Apron lost under the 2015 Moorabbin master plan brought the airside fence very close to Tristar s premises, but the school looks set to be completely swallowed under the 2021 plan. (Steve Hitchen)
An aerial image showing the area of the northern apron lost under the 2015 master plan (red) and the section flagged for redevelopment under the 2021 master plan. (MAC - modified by Australian Flying)
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Moorabbin Master Plan signals More Apron Destruction 16 April 2021
A Preliminary Draft Master Plan (PDMP) published for comment this week has flagged further loss of main apron space at Moorabbin Airport.
The 2021 PDMP heralds further loss of the main apron as MAC expands its industrial precinct on the airport s western boundary, threatening several well-established aviation businesses.
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Commercial development looms large over the western end of the northern apron. Aviation tenants fear the 2020 Master Plan is set to swallow more aviation infrastructure and squeeze out businesses. (Steve Hitchen)
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MACCI rallies Aviation Businesses as New Master Plan looms 1 April 2021
Moorabbin Airport Chamber of Commerce Inc, (MACCI) has encouraged aviation businesses to make submissions to the new airport master plan to help stave off commercial development that is seen to be strangling the airport.
Tenants became alarmed in July last year when they were handed six-month eviction notices to allow Moorabbin Airport Corporation (MAC) to bulldoze a large part of the northern apron and begin development of new commercial, non-aviation buildings.
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2020 CASA Wings Awards: the Winners are Announced 8 January 2021
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority, the Australian Division of the Royal Aeronautical Society and
Australian Flying magazine are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Wings Awards. The Wings Awards were inaugurated in 2014 to recognise the efforts of the many people who have dedicated their lives to general aviation, either through individual effort or as part of an aero club or flying school. It is passion that deserves to be acknowledged and sets a very good example for the general aviation community as a whole.
This year, the judging panel–consisting of people from