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NZ Fatality
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:25 am
by ExSp33db1rd
Local NZ news just reporting the crash of a homebuilt RV4 at Raglan. 2 confirmed fatalities.
Usual Media reporting ..........said the plane was flying erratically and went into a "death barrell roll" that was a "full 90 degrees".
Sad nevertheless.
Re: NZ Fatality
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:39 am
by G-CPTN
What goes up must come down - though, one would hope, gently, and smoothly, and safely.
Re: NZ Fatality
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:50 pm
by FD2
It makes a much more exciting headline than saying 'it crashed, killing two people and the CAA is investigating' - bloody press!
Re: NZ Fatality
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:41 pm
by ExSp33db1rd
......though, one would hope, gently, and smoothly, and safely.
There was a comment that maybe he was trying to land on the beach, but there were no tyre marks leading up to the wreckage.
Maybe the correspondent hasn't got the right idea about landing ?