[meteorite-list] Professor Rallies Pilots for Meteor Site Watch in Australia

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:12 2004
Message-ID: <00a301c41b78$5b577420$08cc43d8_at_malcolm>

My money is on Haag!
Thanks, Tom
peregrineflier <><
IMCA 6168
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From: Charles Viau <cviau_at_beld.net>
To: 'Ron Baalke' <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>; 'Meteorite Mailing List'
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Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Professor Rallies Pilots for Meteor Site Watch
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> I'll bet that Farmer or the Hupe's find it before the roo's and
> walabie's do, let alone the small aircraft pilots. :^)
>
> CharlyV
>
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> http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,9203013%2
> 55E14787,00.html
>
> Professor rallies pilots for meteor site watch
> By HAYLEY SEENEY
> Townsville Bulletin
> April 6, 2004
>
> A TOWNSVILLE astronomer has encouraged light aircraft pilots to
> keep watch for a possible impact sites from a meteor grouping that
> fell to earth last week.
>
> James Cook University astronomy centre director Associate
> Professor Graeme White said eye witness accounts put one impact
> site about 60 nautical miles north-northeast of Mount Isa.
>
> North and northwest Queensland were treated to a meteor
> spectacular last Wednesday night, as meteorites entered the
> earth's atmosphere and burst into fireballs.
>
> Passengers and pilots on two light aircraft flying from Mount
> Gordon, also known as Gunpowder, at the time of the event
> reported seeing the fireballs go past their aircraft.
>
> "I'd like to get someone from the local aeroclub to go out
> there and have a look," Professor White said.
>
> "I thought about it over the weekend. It'd be good if someone
> who's got a light plane to fly out there, or someone who is
> going out there to divert from their normal activities to
> look at the place.
>
> "It (the impact site) would be fairly distinctive, it will be a
> big spot of black and brown or a hole in the ground."
>
> Keen to hear from anyone who may be able to fly by the area,
> Professor White said they would need to take an exact location
> using a global positioning system and perhaps a photo. He would
> then be eager to mount an expedition to the site.
>
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