Nowra Crash
Jim Bartok
Two men have died near Nowra on the south coast of New South Wales,
after the venerable aircraft they were flying in crashed during a public
display.
The crash occured at the Naval Base HMAS Albatross just before 2:00pm
AEST, at a family air day run by the Australian Naval Aviation Museum.
The men were flying in a Wirraway, an historic aircraft used by the
Royal Australian Air Force in the 1950s.
The air show is a non-military event and the men flying the plane were
civilians.
(Source: ABC News)
Tony Paton
wrote:
Does anyone know the names of the crew? My Mum knows (and worked with)
an ex TAA Captain who part owned and flew the Wirraway. And I was due
to go up in it in a few months. :-(
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Geoff Breach
An investigation has begun into an accident yesterday, when
two people died during an air display at HMAS Albatross, near
Nowra, on the New South Wales south coast.
Two men died when a vintage aeroplane crashed in front of a
crowd of more than 3,000 people.
The World War II vintage Wirraway, was halfway through a
demonstration flight yesterday afternoon.
Police say the plane had made several passes along the runway
at the naval air station, when it appeared to lose power and
crashed to the ground.
The 76-year-old pilot from the Sydney suburb of Drummoynne and
his passenger, a 36-year-old man from Chesterfield, died in the
crash.
The air show was cancelled after the accident.
(Source: ABC News www.abc.net.au)
HERD J D
: On Sun, 30 May 1999 20:36:56 +1000, Jim Bartok <jba...@acay.com.au>
: wrote:
:
: Does anyone know the names of the crew? My Mum knows (and worked with)
: an ex TAA Captain who part owned and flew the Wirraway. And I was due
: to go up in it in a few months. :-(
A 76 year old with DC-3 experience and 24,000 hours up.
Me thinks it was Jack Curtis.
RIP, guys.
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Bill Gates
i took photos of it on the decent to the ground!
It was a good down wind spin entry in my opinion, the plane stalled and
it went in.
just ask the connie guys they were in the way blowing smoke every where!
Chris Jamesson
Apparently it was an Owen O'Malley who was the pilot. Aircraft was
A20-652 or so the story goes anyway!
No one can be possibly sure until the report comes out.
Tony Paton
wrote:
>Tony Paton" (Tony Paton) (to...@tpg.com.au) wrote:
>: On Sun, 30 May 1999 20:36:56 +1000, Jim Bartok <jba...@acay.com.au>
>: wrote:
>:
>: Does anyone know the names of the crew? My Mum knows (and worked with)
>: an ex TAA Captain who part owned and flew the Wirraway. And I was due
>: to go up in it in a few months. :-(
>:
>
>A 76 year old with DC-3 experience and 24,000 hours up.
>
>Me thinks it was Jack Curtis.
>
>RIP, guys.
It wasn't jack he was on the news. We think it was Owen O'Malley. He
was an ex- TAA Captain on Dc-9's etc. Quite sad as only on Thursday
there was a TAA re-union at the NRL headquarters.