Good news, sounds like Phil Unicomb is recovering well:
Injured pilot to have surgery - Local News - News - General - Northern Daily Leader
Injured pilot to have surgery
22 Jun, 2011 04:00 AM
By Jodie Davies
A PILOT who was injured when the aircraft crashed during an exhibition at Barraba will undergo surgery today in a Newcastle hospital.
The stunt plane, which was being flown by Phil Unicomb, has been inspected by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and taken back to Rutherford Airport, near Maitland. It was transported by truck and has been described as a “wreck”.
The aircraft crashed at the Barraba Action Aerobatics Display on Sunday when it dropped 30 metres and hit the runway.
Mr Unicomb, who has more than 30 years’ flying experience and who has accrued more than 11,000 flying hours, was to have an operation to repair damage to vertebrae in his back.
Event organiser Shirley Taylor, who is a relative of Mr Unicomb’s, said his injuries were not as bad as first thought.
She said he was on his way to recovering and that the crash was the first in his long flying career.