flyerme Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/ultralight-plane-crash-near-knockrow-in-nsws-far-north-leaves-man-critically-injured/story-fni0cx12-1227081124180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Normoyle Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Looks like a drifter, let's hope the PIC fully recovers from his injuries. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viewfromright Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 A n update: http://www.echo.net.au/2014/10/pilot-injured-aircraft-crash-near-knockrow/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 According to the news just on TV. The next door neighbour witness the crash, he said that the drifter had a engine troubles just after take off and the aircraft hut a tree and ended up where it did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kununurra Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Dazza are you a kiwi ? I note you said in your post it hut a tree cheers 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Dazza are you a kiwi ? I note you said in your post it hut a tree cheers Tree cheers to you to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nah Dazza are you a kiwi ? I note you said in your post it hut a tree cheers nah the witness was a kiwi.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andys@coffs Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 or a helpful iPad that just knows so much better than the writer what you really wanted to say........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 or a helpful iPad that just knows so much better than the writer what you really wanted to say........ Yup, I was caught out by the dreaded IPad telling me what I should have typed instead of what I meant to type. Stupid Ipad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The thing is, being a aviator is more involved than just learning stick and rudder skills. There is a whole lot of new words and acronyms to learn as well. Even though recreational aviation is just that, something people do for recreation. It shouldn't dumbed down by people who couldn't be bothered learning about aviation terminology, it make RAA pilots look unprofessional IMO. How sad to see the dumbing down of our sport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 This is bit of a mysterious statement in the initial newspaper article: "Police said a crime scene had been established at the location" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 That's just a description Eighty, it's done at every serious accident scene to denote a legal standard of preserving evidence. Nothing suspicious. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 A fireman could have run a red and silver tape around to preserve the scene but wouldn't have been quite so news worthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The police are the designated authority to investigate (unless the aviation shipping road mob decide to do it) Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 This from a pilot friend of mine who lives in the area. "We had an ultralight crash up here today. The Drifter did a couple of circuits at a difficult private airstrip which is more like a wheelbarrow track and stalled and hit a tree. He landed upside down, inverted, unconscious, badly hurt & hanging by his trapped feet. He got taken to Gold Coast Hospital by the rescue chopper. I haven't had an update. That strip is uphill to the north and there is an amphitheatre of high ground at the northern end. I think he got a downdraft over the hill and was caught out." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Very sad out come . Sincere condolences... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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