A teenage pilot and his grandfather miraculously survived when their Zenith Zodiac CH 601 HD crashed in the Gippsland region of Victoria – with their plane left dandling precariously in trees.
A GoFundMe page has been launched in order to raise money for the wife and young children of Andy Shepherd, an experienced pilot and engineer who was tragically killed in a lightweight plane crash last month. Shepherd was 44 years old when his home-built Osprey 2 amphibious aircraft crashed into a backyard in the Hunter
A social media post and text message sent by a passenger on a Cessna 404 Titan that subsequently crashed reveals the first attempt at landing was aborted because heavy rain made it impossible to see the runway.
The pilot of a Robinson R22 died because he was flying “unnecessarily” low before encountering strong winds that caused him to crash into mountain ranges east of Alice Springs.
Fly in, fly out charter operator Alliance said its ability to adapt planes for coronavirus has helped it to increase profits this financial year by $7 million.
The pilot of a home-built Osprey 2 amphibious aircraft that crashed into a backyard in the Hunter Region of NSW has been named as a Royal Newcastle Aero Club member.