"Tom Moon was an Australian aerobatic champion. Where was the general media article about that?"
Well, there was a pretty good article in The Australian, and John Sharpe's obituary of Tom in the Sydney Morning Herald was exemplary - as you'd expect from a friend of Tom's who is another aerobatic pilot and good bloke, as well as a journalist.
Tom encouraged me to get into competition aerobatics, advised me on the choice of plane (though I ended up not following his advice) and will be sadly missed. RIP