Oh man! They weren’t kidding about the shredded! (click on the link for the photo). THIS “shredded” and incapacitated F-111 soared across southeast Queensland homes before a spectacular emergency landing at Amberley Air Base.Pelican damages F-111 mid-flight (Strategy Page)

Pelican shreds F-111’s nose (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)An RAAF F-111 jet fighter was forced to make an emergency landing at the Amberley Air Base west of Brisbane after its nose was shredded in a mid-air collision with a pelican.

A LOW-FLYING F-111 was left incapacitated and was forced to make an emergency landing after hitting a pelican in a built up area.F-111 almost downed - by a pelican (News Interactive)

AN F-111 was left “shredded” and incapacitated and was forced to make a spectacular emergency landing after hitting a pelican.Pelican shreds fighter plane (Daily Telegraph)

Pelican leaves jet in a flap (Herald Sun)A “SHREDDED” and incapacitated F-111 soared across homes before making a spectacular emergency landing in Queensland.

F-111 in bird-strike emergency over Brisbane (News Interactive)From P1 Initially the pelican bounced off the nose before being sucked into an engine.

Airbus cruises to fuel efficiency (The Australian)A TEAM headed by European plane maker Airbus has demonstrated a new method of saving fuel and reducing emissions while cruising over oceanic airspaces.

THE company behind a controversial $2.5 billion development near Canberra Airport’s southern flight path has lost an appeal to overturn long-range noise forecasts affecting the project.Village Building blocked (The Australian)

Village Building blocked - The AustralianVillage Building blockedThe Australian, Australia - Apr 11, 2008Village originally took Canberra Airport and Airservices Australia to court over airport forecasts that traffic could grow to 780 aircraft movements a day, …