82 year old crashes helicopter

[Alisoncc]

Can't keep you people down. Unreal.

An elderly man was lucky to escape with only minor injuries after he was trapped in a helicopter crash at Lismore Airport this morning.

About 10.50am NSW time police and paramedics were called following reports a small helicopter had crashed on the airport landing strip.

Police from Richmond Local Area Command located a two-seater RotorWay Exec 162F helicopter on its side with significant damage.

The 82-year-old male pilot was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics for non-life threatening leg injuries.

Initial inquiries indicate the helicopter crashed at low altitude as the pilot was practising takeoff and landing.

http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/man-survives-helicopter-crash-at-lismore-airport-on-easter-sunday/news-story/2b3e2f0021093dfb31180e67fb7ddbd9

[Rwy in Sight]

That's what we could call active retirement and I thought my father is an active old guy who beats me hands down on any gardening or plant related task.

I hope the guy makes a fast recovery because in Greece there is a saying about old guys die either from fall or taking a d^mb.