Has there been a gyro down in Victoria on the 16th Oct 2006

[Gyrodes]

Hi All, The wife has just informed me that on the news tonight there was a gyro with 2 people went down and they are in hospital. Acording to the comentry the two persons were lucky to have survived. Any one know if this is true. Des Garvin

[MechFx]

Just found this on the net

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20590352-421,00.html

Chris Williams and his wife...

I really hope they make it through..

Art

[Mitch]

Gents,
I met Chris at Cooma 2005. TV images this morning of Chris' UFO gyro were sickening. Apparently Chris has severe head and chest injuries. My prayers and best wishes go out to Chris and his wife in their recovery.

Mitch.

[bones]

holy crap is this the guy off the forum here ; gyro_avi8or with the UFO?
Dam be interesting to see the out come of it all then, hope he's alright..

[Mitch]

Yeah Bonsey, that's Chris. Real nice fella.
Mitch.

[rotor]

Yes Bones, I'm afraid you are right mate. Chris is a member here under the user name of gyro_avi8or.

I sure all of our thoughts are with Chris and Jennifer after their unfortunate accident yesterday.

rotor

[Aussie_Paul]

Chris is in a Melbourne hospital in an induced coma with very serious head and chest injuries. His wife is in Bendigo hospital with multiple fractures but ok. Fortunately the air ambulance is based at Bendigo and Chris only lives a few mins by air from Bendigo. He was rescucitated several times his father said.

Chris's father rang me a few mins ago with the update on their conditions. Kevin Traeger who sold Chris the aircraft flew over from South Oz and is conducting the investigation.

A sad day yesterday for the gyro community. Chris was the Rotocraft Assn of Victoria, RAV, newsletter editor and did a wealth of work for the gyroplane community.

Aussie Paul. :tears:

[Birdy2]

:( :blink: :evil2: :chainsaw:

[Echo 2]

Sad news , indeed :no: . Hopefully Chris & Jennifer make a full recovery.
Eric

[Gyrodes]

Hi there all, Thanks for the sad news, I was hoping that it was all wrong. The sad troubling thought is that is the Gyro that I was so impressed with when I attended the Nationals at Lameroo. I wish Chris and Jenifer a speedy recovery.All the best Des Garvin

[Brian]

Met Chris at Kerang this year at a fly in there and admired his lovely gyro, so very saddened to hear the news. :(

Praying for a full recovery for Chris and his wife.

[pbradley]

Chris has been an inspiration to many of us in Victoria and it is very sad to hear of this tragic accident. Is there any information yet as to the reasons behind this crash?..Pete Bradley

[marko66]

WIshing Chris and his wife a speedy and full recovery

Regards Mark

[Aussie_Paul]

Pete, high disc loading, short strip, no wind. Possible scenario, could have clipped the fence. :( :(

Aussie Paul. :wave:

[pbradley]

Thanks Paul. I take it that it appears to have happened during the take-off mode then? Keep well Paul...Pete

[Aussie_Paul]

Unfortunately Chris did not make it.

http://www.vsra.com.au/vsra/

Aussie Paul. :( :(

[rotor]

This is a sad day.

My condolences to Chris's family and friends.

rotor

[Mitch]

Very sad to hear of Chris' passing.
Mitch.

[dg2829]

Addtional details can be found on the RAV website at http://www.vsra.com.au

[bones]

My thoughts are with the family, a damn shame is the only thing that comes to mind :( :( :'( :'(

[Gyrodes]

To Chris's family and mates, I am very sorry to hear that Chris left our gyro community. He will be missed by all. Des Garvin. :( :( :anger: Why!!!

[russ]

sad news......sad news

i hope his family have good, strong, support in their hour of darkness

would like to deposit dollars into a fund for a united show of support to the family from us all here [wreath etc ]

[dg2829]

There has been a formal annoucement posted on the RAV club website regards Chris by the club president, a very sad day. http://www.vsra.com.au

[dg2829]

Addtional details can be found on the RAV website at http://www.vsra.com.au


Mate i dont know who the frig you are,,, but you couldnt wait to get on the net and tell every one over in yanky land about it all ayyyy, mate pull %$#%# head in, one of our mates just died for %$#@s sake


This is not the place to be RUDE you are simply showing that you have no thought process before typing in comments.

While you were typing in silly comments you were not be aware I knew about Chris and what had occured for several hours before hand.
However since not all of our RAV club members are registered on the RAV club site it was only prudent to ensure that as many as possible RAV members were aware or what had occured, I am assuming you knew him personally, as I did.

[Sonnyj]

I'm so sorry to here of the loss of one of your brothers.
From what I've heard he was a good friend to all and a fine feller.
Please give my regards and condolences to his family.
We all will miss him.
Regards
Sonny

[dg2829]

The Bendigo Advertiser http://bendigo.yourguide.com.au has published a story this morning.
In it are some of the details about how it occurred. (Not all) also here.
http://www.vsra.com.au/vsra/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14&mode=thread&order=1&thold=0

[SamL]

F...................Hell
I just got back from holidays to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew Chris, and am finding it difficult to accept his passing. A great loss to our gyro communitee.
My sincere condolences to his family.
Very very sad :tears: :tears: :tears:

SamL

[niquenaque]

It's the first time I've been here for a while and I find this, 'shocked' is to say the least,'Oh crap',comes to mind, on reading through the first page I had hope, but the the next page is a horrible kick in the guts, bugger, and, what a bastard for this to happen, a good man lost. So sad that it went this way, my heartfelt comiserations and condolences for all involved, a tragic day indeed.

Nick.