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dg2829
10-21-2006, 01:59 AM
I'm sorry to report that one of our pilots in Australia died today after being taken off life support additional details can be found at http://www.vsra.com.au
dragonflyerthom
10-21-2006, 03:03 AM
Sorry to hear of the crash. I do wish to send condolances to his wife and family. \\

Was this on take off?

Thom
enewbold
10-21-2006, 04:49 AM
I'm sorry to report that one of our pilots in Australia died today after being taken off life support additional details can be found at http://www.vsra.com.auIt's always sad to hear of a fellow gyro pilot going down. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family.
barnstorm2
10-21-2006, 05:09 AM
My condolences.
Brent Drake
10-21-2006, 05:33 AM
My condolences, very sad news. Does anyone know what went wrong?
C. Beaty
10-21-2006, 06:16 AM
Here’s a link to the news article and photo of the Victoria crash:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/couple-survive-copter-crash/2006/10/16/1160850863430.html?from=rss
dg2829
10-21-2006, 04:48 PM
As more details become available and ready for publicaton they will be posted on the the RAV club website.

Chris was a commitee member of our club.
We are very sad at his passing.

http://www.vsra.com.au
dg2829
10-21-2006, 05:32 PM
There has been a formal annoucement posted on the RAV club website regards Chris by the club president, a very sad day. http://www.vsra.com.au
GyroRon
10-21-2006, 05:58 PM
Anyone have pictures of his machine prior to the crash? Any guess as to what caused the crash?
GraemeMonro
10-21-2006, 08:07 PM
? Any guess as to what caused the crash?

Yep.
Follow the link above.
Aussie_Paul
10-22-2006, 01:28 AM
Anyone have pictures of his machine prior to the crash? Any guess as to what caused the crash?

This is a pic Ron.

Aussie Paul. :)
dg2829
10-22-2006, 03:04 AM
My condolences, very sad news. Does anyone know what went wrong?

We think we know what happened however, we are waiting for the offical findings to confirm our theory, we hope to have posted the finding on the RAV club site when they become available http://www.vsra.com.au
GyroRon
10-22-2006, 06:11 AM
I am sorry but I have looked everywhere on that website and see no discussion of the crash or guess at why it happened? WHERE EXACTLY ON THE WEBSITE IS THE DISCUSSION?
Timchick
10-22-2006, 06:44 AM
ron,
At the top in the middle it has a section that talks about the accident and right under it there's a link that says:

Breaking News: "Serious Gyro Crash" with a link to here;
http://www.vsra.com.au/vsra/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11
barnstorm2
10-22-2006, 07:06 AM
Tim,

I followed that and found no discussion. Like Ron I think I need a direct link.
enewbold
10-22-2006, 12:37 PM
Tim, I followed that and found no discussion. Like Ron, I think I need a direct link.I didn't find anything there either.
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Timchick
10-22-2006, 01:02 PM
I didn't see any discussion, just several news releases.
Aussie_Paul
10-22-2006, 02:50 PM
There is nothing there, only new articles.

All I can comment on is some facts, "highish disc loading, short strip, nil wind or possibly a 2 mph tail wind, and less than 50 pic hours."

It is possible that the tail wheel caught the top wire of the fence.

Aussie Paul. :)
Rando
10-22-2006, 03:22 PM
try this link:

http://www.vsra.com.au/vsra/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=6

It was a UFO HeliThruster http://www.ufo-helithruster.com/ gyroplane.
dg2829
10-23-2006, 06:02 PM
Sorry to hear of the crash. I do wish to send condolances to his wife and family. \\

Was this on take off?

Thom

Yes it was on take off, there has bee no discussion for those that were looking for it because, it is better to wait until the offical findings are published.
Yes you are correct the only things you will pretty much find at this point is news articules about the crash.
I'm pretty sure the findings will be something along along the lines of P.... E.... and long description of how it occured and why.