red750 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 News reports: http://www.watoday.com.au/victoria/chopper-down-in-phillip-island-crash-20120626-20zlt.html http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/latest/a/-/article/14041375/elderly-pilot-escapes-helicopter-crash/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael Coates Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Subaru...... another lucky boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnewbery Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Gyrocopter not equal helicopter. Although if Subaru made 'copter engines, I'd like to see that! Note the Nakajima Homare doesn't count, in my opinion, as a Subaru engine. The news post variously reported the aircraft as a gyro and a helo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Saw it on the nightly TV news. They described the pilot as an elderly gentleman and said he made a miraculous escape, particularly considering his age. So I was expecting them to report his age as being in his 80's at the very least least, and was quite surprised when they said he was only 71. I suppose to a thirty year old news reader, 71 must seem ancient. Most of the people I know at that age are still in the workforce, fit as a fiddle (well almost) and out there enjoying life and doing everything that they were doing in their 50's. I wouldn't have thought a 71 year old pilot was a big novelty, but that's the media for you. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avi8tr Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I know the pilot Don. Very experienced, flies every day. Owns upwards of 5 gyro's I believe. Based on the pictures it looks like that one is the record holder (under previous ownership) from Alice Springs to Darwin. He could land that thing on a dime as they say, literally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Sorry, no larger version of this photo: [ATTACH=full]1271[/ATTACH] . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty 1 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 A radio interview with the pilot. [media=vimeo]44733387[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael Coates Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I thought he did a great interview, all positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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