SamL

Mitch, thanks for the updated good new, and yes my condolences to family of the deseased man.
Mitch. in who's aircraft did the accident occur?

Sam......

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Aussie_Paul

Mitch, thanks for the updated good new, and yes my condolences to family of the deseased man.
Mitch. in who's aircraft did the accident occur?

Sam......
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Sam it was the green modified RAF that was on sale at Lameroo. It was red before it went to Qld and back to SA. It was painted green while it was back in SA.

Attached are a couple of file pics.

Aussie Paul.

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Mitch

G'Day Fellas,

The link below should get you more details.

http://northerntasmania.yourguide.co...%2520accidents

Elise is trying to ascertain from medico friends the status of the Instructor who is at Hobart Royal.

Please pray for his recovery.

Mitch.

SamL

Here is a pic I took of it at Lameroo.

Sam.......

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Brian

Saddened to hear the news. We are praying for a full recovery!

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Pooncarie
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Sky Gazer

Anyone heard any follow up on this incident?

Mitch

Gentlemen,

Sorry to inform you that Geoff Jamieson passed away on the 7th hour of the 7/7/2007. His son Jade was with his father at the time. Many of us in the gyro fraternity here in Tassie have watched Jade grow into a fine young man, at 17 yrs. Often present at the airfield, when Geoff was training. His Grandfather, Keith and Geoff were like best mates and Geoffs passion for gyros grew from Keith's and together they embarked on a journey that would see Keith learn his trade at manufacturing wooden bensen blades building their own rotor heads and props including whole aircraft. A journey from glider to powered flight. Geoff was 16 when that love affair with gyros began.

Geoff's funeral service is this comming Thursday 12th July at St Mary's Church in Penquin, Tasmania at 2pm. Followed by the laying to rest at a location near by.

The Advocate and Examiner News Papers will both be running articles on Geoff and his historically significant journey through the sport of gyroplanes here in Tasmania.

With the deaths of two of our fellow gyro enthusiasts, we are all no doubt shocked and saddened by what has transpired, none more than those of us here on the 'Island' that new these blokes.

Obviously there will be lots more 'inquiring' but I will share this with you because the student pilot's 'son in law' was said to have offered pictures to those at the funeral who, felt the need to look. These pictures were of the accident site. Further, this Gentleman alledgedly , publicly stated that the deceased student had told the instructor to ...'leave me, I'm stuffed' or words to that effect. And that Geoff had tried to get the student out of the burning wreck. The burns Geoff sustained appear to support this information. Emergency Service were first of the 'officials' to arrive, this may be the source of this information.

Even though my student mate has been 'put to rest' I'm not sure if he has been named publicly at this time, so I withhold this for the time being. I intend to speak with his 'life partner' tomorrow/today to share with her how much he had come to mean to many of us in such a short period of time.

The blokes who knew Geoff, know how staunch the bloke was, fit, strong, his lifesaving background and no doubt put himself in harms way to try and save his student.....his fellow human being. It's a sad time for all the family members, though I hear and feel the strong support from both families for the passion and desire of these to men to be gyro aviators.

Fly Safe Fella's.

Mitch

niquenaque

Mitch,

Thanks for letting us know, this is the most horrible and unfortunate news.. your treatment of it has been sensible and sensitive, My praise to you for this.

Geoff is in my book a total hero,

I mourn his loss, My deepest condolences to his family.

I will remember his extreme bravery and will tout him as an example of a man who gave his best, he could have walked away but he didn´t. The newspapers go on about sporting ´heroes´ here, but nothing like that can measure up to what Geoff did here. The fact of his loss is a double tragedy for us all.

So sad,

Nick.

Mitch

Here is the Advocate link.

http://nwtasmania.yourguide.com.au/d...tegory=general

Mitch

http://northerntasmania.yourguide.co...ory_id=1019509