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Archive · 16 January 2012

Follow-up: Gyrocopter crash north of Melbourne, Sat 14/01/12

Originally published 16 January 2012 · Archived from aircrashreport.com

Details of the occupants that died in Saturdays gyrocopter crash have been released.

A 67 year old student with an experienced* gyrocopter instructor died just short of the runway at Mangalore Airport, north of Melbourne, Victoria.

Further details through the Geelong Advertiser:
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2012/01/16/302011_news.html

* Level of actual axperience is yet to be determined - the term "experienced" is taken from the article.

This post was originally published on aircrashreport.com and has been restored from the Internet Archive. It represents reporting at the time of publication.