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kiwijims


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A pilot has been injured in a crash involving a crop-dusting plane in Western Australia's south-east.

The crash occurred around 10:00am on a property 105 kilometres north of Esperance.

the wreck of a yellow plane sits in a field of crop

The pilot, a 29-year-old man from Victoria, was able to exit the plane after suffering non-life threatening injuries.

yellow plane wreck in field of crop

The incident comes just five days after a light plane crash near the Great Southern town of Mount Barker.

Both people aboard that plane survived the crash.

K.J.



-- Edited by kiwijims on Saturday 10th of September 2016 06:13:50 PM

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Oh dear looks expensive. A bit of trivia here, I did the engineering to get the first one of these flying in Australia. The pilot John McDowel did the flight tests, I did all the airworthiness testing. Back then they had a Pratt & Whiney r1340 radial motor. This ones got a PT6 turbine.

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its plane (yep - my pun for the day) to see the plane is not going to plane anymore..........

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iana wrote:

Oh dear looks expensive. A bit of trivia here, I did the engineering to get the first one of these flying in Australia. The pilot John McDowel did the flight tests, I did all the airworthiness testing. Back then they had a Pratt & Whiney r1340 radial motor. This ones got a PT6 turbine.

 John McDowel used to spread super on our Mt Emu west of Ballarat back in the 60s.

Aussie Paul. smile



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Aussie-Paul, did you ever meet John Hirschfelder, German pilot, working with John, great pilot.

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Aussie-Paul, did you ever meet John Hirschfelder, German pilot, working with John, great pilot.

 Yes Ian, as a kid I went flying with Hirsch spreading!! His son a very talented musician. I have been flying since I was 12 years old in 1961. In those days it was a gyroglider towed behind the family car. 

Attached is "The beginning of my flying career".

Aussie Paul. smile

 



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Good read, I never had anything to do with Gyro-copters, but used to service Bell 47's, the choppers used in MASH. Did a lot of work on Victors as well. Pawnee's, Beavers, FU24 Fletchers, DC 3's and lode-stars.

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