red750 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Reports that a small plane, 2 seater according to Sky News, has crashed at Oakdale, south-west of Sydney, with the loss of one life. It is unknown if a second person was aboard. Light plane crashes near Oakdale in Sydney's west 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 Picture on 7 website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yampy Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 News footage clearly shows the registration . The aircraft is a Drifter Fisher Mk1 Sport . I believe I know the pilot , and at this stage I can't confirm his identity or whether he is the deceased . RIP .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 condolences to friends and family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 This sucks big time, condolences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storchy neil Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 condolences to family neil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyG Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Condolences to his family & friends. RIP m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinsm Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 If this is the drifter from the oaks I hope the pilot is not the man name starting with S? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrZoos Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yampy Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 If this is the drifter from the oaks I hope the pilot is not the man name starting with S? I understand it was .. however , I dont know the identity of the deseased . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippydiesel Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Pretty sure the pilot (S) was the only person on board - much to young to die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 how was the weather in that area on friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yampy Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 how was the weather in that area on friday The weather was perfect flying weather , nil cloud , hardly any wind and viz almost unlimited . Weather could not have been an issue . Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinsm Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Damn, lovely bloke. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinsm Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Just reviewed my photos and video footage of this aircraft and the pilot. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Condolences to the lost brother and aviators immediate family and friends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yampy Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Indeed he was a lovely,kind and generous bloke . I knew him for a long time. , always had time and a good word to say about fellow aviators . He leaves a wife and young daughter I understand . R.I.P my old mate . Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon500 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Something must have gone seriously wrong to leave that impact mark. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 you start to wonder,engine fail? airframe fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 a hard hit for a small aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 a hard hit for a small aircraft. Possible structural failure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinsm Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 And the experts start speculating again, amazing how armchairs give expertise without even seeing the evidence. What is the point of having an enquiry when you guys have it all sussed. Remember someone is dead, your opinions matter not at all because you dont know untill the evidence is in. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 And the experts start speculating again, amazing how armchairs give expertise without even seeing the evidence. What is the point of having an enquiry when you guys have it all sussed. Remember someone is dead, your opinions matter not at all because you dont know untill the evidence is in. You just want white space and no lessons at all? Unless ATSB step in there will be no report. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 And the experts start speculating again, amazing how armchairs give expertise without even seeing the evidence. What is the point of having an enquiry when you guys have it all sussed. Remember someone is dead, your opinions matter not at all because you dont know untill the evidence is in. I think as pilots and armchair experts as we would like to call us would like to know what happend. And turbo is right we will never find what happend to this pilot and his aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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