Colin McRae Killed along with his 5 year old son

[jastheace]

for those of us that follow rallying it is a shock that he has been killed in a helicopter crash.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/9/story....jectid=10463876

such a shame too

[Mattnz]

Yeah, read this earlier today, sad news

[Naki]

Its not being a good week for light/warbird a/c crashes - three people were killed in seperate crashes at the Reno Air Races (see here) and I have just read that a Hurricane crashed fatally in the UK at an airshow - see here.

[ardypilot]

That sucks!

The Hurricane crash was at my old local airport, Shoreham where I took control of an aircraft for the first time and also attended multiple airshows too.

[ardypilot]

September certainly is the month for plane crashes:

A PILOT made an incredible escape after crashing his small plane on a busy highway in Florida yesterday. Robert Robertson was left conscious and sitting in his seat after the cockpit disintegrated around him on.

The bloodied 34-year-old, who was alone on the flight and remarkably suffered only minor injuries, remained in his seat waiting for nearby emergency crews to take him to hospital.

He crashed shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale with a cargo of clothes and shoes destined for the Bahamas on Friday afternoon. Witnesses said the plane lost power, did cartwheels in the sky, clipped its wing on a warehouse and came to a halt in roadside grass.

"It was his lucky day," said witness Stewart McLeod. "The entire front of the plane was gone, and he was left sitting in his seat with his seat belt on."

No one was hurt on the ground despite Robertson's twin-engine Beechcraft ploughing onto the Interstate 95, causing major traffic jams.

Full story: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22463564-2,00.html