Pilots banned from performing their annual Anzac flyover defied the rules yesterday. 9News
The decision, labelled "bureaucracy gone mad", sparked outrage last week among the aviation community.
Opposition MP David Crisafulli said the premier should have intervened to save a long-standing tradition he says offers "zero risk" when it comes to coronavirus. He wrote to Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young demanding she reconsider a refusal to let the Warbirds Group at Caboolture Aerodrome honour veterans.He says he could not fathom how the flyover has been refused a coronavirus exemption when it will involve four pilots, separately flying four World War II-era planes that are kept at four separate hangars.David Crowe, from the Warbirds Group, told 9News they were disappointed by the decision.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Jenny Morrison lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier during the Anzac Day commemorative service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. "We did set down what we were planning to do and they said because of COVID-19 restrictions our application was unsuccessful," he said.
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