Cherokee down in NZ
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Cherokee down in NZ
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4359308a10.html
Unfortunate news. Does anybody know if it was one of the Wigram machines or from Christchurch?
I note the media doesn't appear to have too many details at this stage, so I'll not ask anymore questions until they've spun their tales.
Please lets not degrade the thread by offering 'theories' as to the cause, just wait for the official stuff. My thoughts and condolences to their families, friends & colleagues...
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Unfortunate news. Does anybody know if it was one of the Wigram machines or from Christchurch?
I note the media doesn't appear to have too many details at this stage, so I'll not ask anymore questions until they've spun their tales.
Please lets not degrade the thread by offering 'theories' as to the cause, just wait for the official stuff. My thoughts and condolences to their families, friends & colleagues...
LP
3 News have it on their website. Canterbury Aero Club (IAANZ) from Christchurch airport. Looks to me like either an Archer or Warrior from the picture. Looks like it got burnt out pretty bad. My condolences to the families... Never a happy time when anything goes down...
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Agreed, Archer or Warrior...not a pleasant pic to look at, nearly the entire fuselage in ashes.
Ahh yes, another piece of quality journalism from the Stuff.co.nz team - cut & paste from another site then add the title;
Can't resist, can they? 
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Ahh yes, another piece of quality journalism from the Stuff.co.nz team - cut & paste from another site then add the title;
pilots die in fiery Canterbury crash
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A terrible thing.
How is it that the fuselage seems to have burned completely, but the wings seem to be more or less intact? I would have thought that fuselage was relatively non-flammable.
How is it that the fuselage seems to have burned completely, but the wings seem to be more or less intact? I would have thought that fuselage was relatively non-flammable.
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It is terrible.
And I think (this may come out sounding wrong but you will know what I mean) that this should be a lesson to us all, to never get complacent.
I'm not implying anything at all about what may or may not have happened - I'm just saying that WE should not get complacent so that we don't end up being discussed on a thread such as this.
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And I think (this may come out sounding wrong but you will know what I mean) that this should be a lesson to us all, to never get complacent.
I'm not implying anything at all about what may or may not have happened - I'm just saying that WE should not get complacent so that we don't end up being discussed on a thread such as this.
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LJB was one of the best archers they had in the aero club comparing it to their other aircrafts and it was the best machine to go with it X country, i feel so sorry for what happened and give my condolence to the two pilots family.
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I think you mean to their families. 
I don't think 15-20km is much to speculate about do you? They may have just decided to take a different ridge or follow a different river.
I don't think 15-20km is much to speculate about do you? They may have just decided to take a different ridge or follow a different river.
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As another past IAANZ graduate, I am also particularly saddened by this.
And somewhat surprised to see the fuselage burned out like that.
15 - 20km is not something worth discussing, just the route they took. Rare to go direct.
And somewhat surprised to see the fuselage burned out like that.
15 - 20km is not something worth discussing, just the route they took. Rare to go direct.
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............terrible terrible, this sort of thing affects us all sadly. It hurts me everytime I see an accident resulting in the death of an adventurer.
As for the burnt out fuse only & not that of the main wings this is sometimes common in some accident sequences. I'm not speculating here at all just mentioning as someone asked why just the fuse destroyed by fire? The fuse has more flamable materials in it, (yes I know fuel is highly flammable but not so much when it's still in it's liquid state) interior fittings, personal effects such as paperwork clothing etc. The wings would have just 'supplied' the fuel to the fire from say the ruptured fuel lines leading into the fuse to feed an already established fire started from perhaps the battery for Eg. Hopefully the investigators will get to the bottom of it so we can put to rest our worst fears, a one in a million chance of a fault with the design!
You live life to the fullest I've found when flying, for that we pay a premium sometimes. RIP my fellow aviators, we don't forget, for you have made us stronger in the knowledge that nothing stops us from being free !!
CW
As for the burnt out fuse only & not that of the main wings this is sometimes common in some accident sequences. I'm not speculating here at all just mentioning as someone asked why just the fuse destroyed by fire? The fuse has more flamable materials in it, (yes I know fuel is highly flammable but not so much when it's still in it's liquid state) interior fittings, personal effects such as paperwork clothing etc. The wings would have just 'supplied' the fuel to the fire from say the ruptured fuel lines leading into the fuse to feed an already established fire started from perhaps the battery for Eg. Hopefully the investigators will get to the bottom of it so we can put to rest our worst fears, a one in a million chance of a fault with the design!
You live life to the fullest I've found when flying, for that we pay a premium sometimes. RIP my fellow aviators, we don't forget, for you have made us stronger in the knowledge that nothing stops us from being free !!
CW
