Andy Hurst, who came over from Britain to fly in the Forbes
Flatlands and the Bogong Cup, was killed attempting to land at the Mt. Beauty
airfield on Wednesday evening. These are the main stream media stories as
gathered automatically on the Oz Report web site:
here and
here.

Andy had been flying for only three years and it was great flying with him at
Forbes and at the Bogong Cup. I reported on his flying during the Bogong Cup in
previous articles. His Moyes Litespeed had been damaged in transport to Forbes
(after it was left behind for one day in England) and he was on a borrowed
Litesport.

If he indeed hit a tree it is most likely to be the one in the southwest corner
of the airfield next to the pond. It is not 50 meters high.

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I am very sorry to hear that Andy has died and my sympathies go out to his
family.