I haven't seen anything posted about the new control tower in a while, so here goes: The new control tower at Adelaide Airport is now in operation (of sorts). Until the 24th of May the tower is in MIMIC mode with the current old tower. On the 25th of May the roles will be reversed and the old tower ...

Aviation Milestone - QANTAS Bio Fuel Flight Today (Friday 13-4-12) QANTAS created aviation history in Australia by operating a commercial bio fuel flight into Adelaide Airport. The A330 Airbus had one engine running on a 50/50 blend of conventional *Jet-A1 (kerosine) and the new bio fuel (recycled c...

Just another promo for Parafield Airshow. Must keep promoting our city. Please try and support the event. Tickets at Proticket or at the gate. Sunday March 25th.

Latest update on the MLCP and Pedestrian Plaza at Adelaide Airport. For those asking about the distance to the terminal and why it was 70m, it's answered in this interview.

We’ve been really busy at 5DME this week preparing for the Parafield Airshow which will take place next Sunday the 25th of March 2012. Our crew has been out to Parafield Airport to interview several of the participants and members of the Airshow Committee. We also took a trip to Murray Bridge to wat...

Latest pictures of the Multi Level Car Park and Overhead Walkway. Funny, the car park is not as tall as I thought it would be.




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David

I would argue it's not "convenient" to make people walk an extra 200-500 metres with luggage but im not lazy, so ill do it. From memory it's 50-70 metres (depending on where you measure from) and there is also a security issue with cars and the current overhead ramp access. I read somewhe...

Here's a small update on the carpark/walkway construction at Adelaide Airport. The walkway between the MLCP and T1 now spans the complete distance but is not complete until the contruction team finishes the roofing structure. The walkway will be over the new pedestrian plaza and provide a semi-shele...

5dme.net did an interview yesterday with mark young, aal managing director and it was stated in the interview that they are targeting middle east and chinese airlines. they also just finished their travel to the middle east to talk with airlines to start flights to adelaide seeing more services in ...

Slightly off-topic but from the industry... tlVgvHw4h8U Merry Christmas to everyone from 5DME and the Adelaide Aviation Community. Different people we have interviewed during the 2011 year pass on their Seaons Greetings. We did not have a chance to catch up with everyone so on their behalf 5DME wish...

Just thought I'd give this topic a post seeing its been forgotten. The following is a photo of the multi level car park construction site at Adelaide Airport. It was taken from the top of the new control tower on 26 October 2011.

This may be of interest to the techies.

Here are some photos from the top. http://www.5dme.net/latest/26-10-11/IMG_2704.JPG http://www.5dme.net/latest/26-10-11/glass.jpg http://www.5dme.net/latest/26-10-11/downtheside.jpg http://www.5dme.net/latest/26-10-11/IMG_2743.JPG http://www.5dme.net/latest/26-10-11/janeandsimon.jpg Much more can be...

The new control tower is almost there. It looks seriously like it could be ready for business in the not too distant future. All the glass is in, and the paint job now extends to the base with only a few sections left to be completed. http://www.5dme.net/latest/03-10-11/20111003_6.JPG http://www.5dm...

Artist's impression of new AFP building at Adelaide Airport.

http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/for ... f=8&t=3563

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David