Life Jackets Articles
Always Look On The Curious Side Of Life
On the eve of touring his 20th album, music icon Dave Graney talks to PeterWilmoth about footy, Neighboursand life ahead of the pack."
Column 8
Yesterday's query, "How many passengers in major airline disasters have been saved by life jackets?", brings this from Dash Hall, of Vaucluse: "Pan Am flew Boeing's Strato-Clipper, a double-deck aircraft, across the Pacific in the early 1950s. Unfortunately it lost two aircraft when they had to ditch in the ocean..read more
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"Further to your current theme of 'fear of flying'," adds Janet Rogers, of St Lucia, Queensland, "dare I ask the question: how many passengers in major airline disasters have been saved by life jackets?" Does anybody know?
Tony's Flight In A Luxury Yacht
FOR Tony Mokbel, a man who tried to live his life straight from the pages of a pulp thriller, it would seem entirely appropriate to leave Australia in the most mysterious - and bizarre - method possible.
Beyond The Shallows
Fasten your life jackets, it's going to be a swell year. Michael Shmith finds The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in buoyant mood.
