GA crash near Welshpool
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GA crash near Welshpool
Just heard from Friend that a light aircraft has crashed near Welshpool airfield.
Hope the crew are ok.
Nik
Hope the crew are ok.
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GA or Twin Commander crash in Mid Wales - 18th Jan
Two People Die After a light aircraft crashes in Powys, Wales | UK News | Sky News
Rumours sweeping the town (Welshpool) that the crashed aircraft is the Twin Commander operated on behalf of large local employer Control Techniques.
Rumours only I emphasise. I think it unlikely but that is the rumour in the area. Anyone anything more?
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Rumours sweeping the town (Welshpool) that the crashed aircraft is the Twin Commander operated on behalf of large local employer Control Techniques.
Rumours only I emphasise. I think it unlikely but that is the rumour in the area. Anyone anything more?
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A 7 seat Twin Commander is not quite the same as a Cessna 152 though I admit still a private flight.
I know the aircraft and some of the crew. Just want to establish whether its true or not..
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I know the aircraft and some of the crew. Just want to establish whether its true or not..
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Oh ****. 
Would that be Bob flying G-BWHF?
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Would that be Bob flying G-BWHF?WWW
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Its the Navajo and one of the pilots who I have known for a long time is a very, very experienced and brilliant pilot as well as very well known in aviation and locally and this will be a tragic loss to many of us not just his family.
A very sad day indeed.
More than that I dont want to say.
Pace
Its the Navajo and one of the pilots who I have known for a long time is a very, very experienced and brilliant pilot as well as very well known in aviation and locally and this will be a tragic loss to many of us not just his family.
A very sad day indeed.
More than that I dont want to say.
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Local news reports it's "Airport Owner" who we all know is Bob Jones. First man who took me flying in a light aircraft when I was 12.
Bloody nice bloke. Bloody nice family.
Eventually in aviation this happens to someone you know well. Damn.
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Bloody nice bloke. Bloody nice family.
Eventually in aviation this happens to someone you know well. Damn.
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Gutted
local news has just named Airport Owner who we all know is Bob Jones.
I am gutted, a true gentleman of the first degree,
it was a pleasure to know you Bob.
RIP..
Ray Jones Gloucester
I am gutted, a true gentleman of the first degree,
it was a pleasure to know you Bob.
RIP..
Ray Jones Gloucester
His picture is on the TV news now.
Condolences to the passengers family. No details yet released.
I'm actually having a little cry. Before I joined Air Cadets even my parents paid Bob to take me up in his aircraft. We did a loop over Montgomery. He followed and encouraged my career from that point on. He was, as anyone will tell you, an incredibly good man.
Damn. Damn, damn, damn.
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Condolences to the passengers family. No details yet released.
I'm actually having a little cry. Before I joined Air Cadets even my parents paid Bob to take me up in his aircraft. We did a loop over Montgomery. He followed and encouraged my career from that point on. He was, as anyone will tell you, an incredibly good man.
Damn. Damn, damn, damn.
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Yup, without Bob I would not be doing what I do, simple as that.
Gave me my first opportunity to fly at 12, got me my first job at the airfield at 14, gave me my first helicopter flight, would even drop me home to Meifod after work in the R22! Helped me with my PPL, let me fly G-BERC for free after I got my licence and by the time I left for University I'd flown nearly 100 hours with him, all free. In addition his family, especially his Mum, were consistently lovely to me and always asked about me after I'd left Wales.
Saw him in August last, hadn't changed a bit. Asked my Dad about me last month, said he was pleased as I'd "done well".
He was an absolute inspiration to me and I am very sad today.
Thanks Bob - you've left an incredible legacy and I'm not sure you ever realised it.
Dave
Gave me my first opportunity to fly at 12, got me my first job at the airfield at 14, gave me my first helicopter flight, would even drop me home to Meifod after work in the R22! Helped me with my PPL, let me fly G-BERC for free after I got my licence and by the time I left for University I'd flown nearly 100 hours with him, all free. In addition his family, especially his Mum, were consistently lovely to me and always asked about me after I'd left Wales.
Saw him in August last, hadn't changed a bit. Asked my Dad about me last month, said he was pleased as I'd "done well".
He was an absolute inspiration to me and I am very sad today.
Thanks Bob - you've left an incredible legacy and I'm not sure you ever realised it.
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Terrible news and such an awful shame.
My girlfriend's family are from a town just up the road, today at 2pm I e-mailed Welshpool asking about self hire rates etc because her Dad wants me to take him up and it's too expensive for me to fly a plane up from the South-East. Little did I know what must have been unfolding in their office at the very moment my e-mail was sent.
Condolences to all concerned.
My girlfriend's family are from a town just up the road, today at 2pm I e-mailed Welshpool asking about self hire rates etc because her Dad wants me to take him up and it's too expensive for me to fly a plane up from the South-East. Little did I know what must have been unfolding in their office at the very moment my e-mail was sent.
Condolences to all concerned.