Plane crash at Tilpa NSW.

[Desert Flower]

This happened a week ago but this is the first I've heard about it.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/ns...4-9c0aab40f25b

DF.

[Capt Fathom]

Obviously the media need to smarten up and notify Desert Flower in a more timely manner!

[mcoates]

It was very widely reported when it happened. We must be on different news channels ? It was a Gyro

[Rotor Work]

From ASN

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/316043

[Desert Flower]

Originally Posted by Rotor Work

From ASN

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/316043

Near Cobar areodrome? Tilpa is 130 km away!

DF.

[First_Principal]

Originally Posted by Capt Fathom

Obviously the media need to smarten up and notify Desert Flower in a more timely manner!

I was grinning when I read this, then my face fell when I saw it was a fatal aircraft v powerline

Very sad, and a reminder of just how nasty these things can be. While it's not unknown to survive such events there are many examples where the result has been deathly for the occupants. Apart from the obvious answers I wonder if there's any additional tech that might be employed to reduce the likelihood of such contact, or make the line more 'visible' in some way? It seems to me an area that could do with some concerted research.

FP.

[Desert Flower]

Originally Posted by mcoates

It was very widely reported when it happened. We must be on different news channels ? It was a Gyro

That was not what I saw - they showed a Cessna in pieces. And no, there is nothing wrong with my eyes.

I believe the pilot of the Gyro was from my area.

DF.

[mcoates]

Originally Posted by Desert Flower

That was not what I saw - they showed a Cessna in pieces. And no, there is nothing wrong with my eyes.

I believe the pilot of the Gyro was from my area.

DF.

Don't take it personal, it was not meant that way. I was just saying that I saw it reported in a couple of different locations a week earlier. Nothing more than a passing comment to say that the information was out there, it wasn't hidden somewhere and there was no comment about something wrong with your eyes ??

[Desert Flower]

Originally Posted by mcoates

Don't take it personal, it was not meant that way. I was just saying that I saw it reported in a couple of different locations a week earlier. Nothing more than a passing comment to say that the information was out there, it wasn't hidden somewhere and there was no comment about something wrong with your eyes ??

Sorry, I'm just a bit tetchy these days as I try to get my life together now my husband's gone. Some days I'm okay - some days I'm not.

DF.