Cheers Mate and Family. Take care now will see you the other side.
GG never come to MKT for a beer. Seems you know Jack S.
There were 10 Aircraft in the group, all left Bullo within 1 hour of each other.
Never believe the media or PPRuNe for facts very few are on either.
I understand you are grieving and offer my sincere apologies if I have offended you. However this subject will be discussed to the minute detail as always, and hopefully the younger sprogs will learn a thing or too.
So far the aircraft is where I said it would be, and more than likely got there how I said it got there.
The only other explanation is VFR into IMC. Both generally have the same result.
As for ten aircraft departing together, have you heard of risky shift? I'd suggest you read up on it. The pressure of having 9 other aircraft pressing on, can cause guys to go waaaay outside their comfort zone if they think everyone else is handling it.
Anyway It's another tragic day in Australian aviation.
As for the questions about landing gear, if it were me and I needed to get slow and dirty, I'd rather extend the wheels and record it on the MR, than have my accident and demise being discussed on pprune.