http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_25345.aspx
Tragic news near Greenbank.
Anyone know any more details?
Greenbank Ontario Fatal Crash
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Re: Greenbank Ontario Fatal Crash
That's rotten. My sympathies to family + friends. Anyone know which runway was used?
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Re: Greenbank Ontario Fatal Crash
Looks like its a couple hundred feet beside rwy 16/34 in a farmer's field. So technically it's not "really" at the airport. But still. A few people who flew over it said there's nothing left of the aircraft, except for charred remains.
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Re: Greenbank Ontario Fatal Crash
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/471068
has a picture -- looks like tube and fabric construction and gives you and idea of what might be left of Steve Fosset's crash.
has a picture -- looks like tube and fabric construction and gives you and idea of what might be left of Steve Fosset's crash.
Re: Greenbank Ontario Fatal Crash
If he did indeed crash...RatherBeFlying wrote: ...gives you and idea of what might be left of Steve Fosset's crash.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 82540.html
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http://www.thestar.com/article/471611
Friend of flying legend Bill Lishman dies, along with his passenger, after takeoff near Whitby
Aug 02, 2008 04:30 AM
Jackson Hayes
Michele Henry
staff Reporters
Friends of Mickey Jovkovic gathered at his Uxbridge home and a nearby rural airport as word of the crash that took his life flashed through the town yesterday.
The home-built kit plane Jovkovic had been piloting crashed around 9:45 a.m. yesterday, erupting into flames in a wheat field just metres from the Greenbank airport landing strip, about a half-hour north of Whitby, Ont.
Both Jovkovic and the unidentified friend he'd taken aloft were killed instantly.
Thin pieces of burned metal sticking up beyond plastic-covered bales of hay were the only visible signs of the crash from Regional Road 47, just off Hwy 12.
Details on the crash are not known but an eyewitness reported seeing the plane veer into the field while attempting takeoff.
Jovkovic was a part-owner of the plane with friend and flying legend Bill Lishman, who said the single-engine Rans Coyote, built in 1996, had a "great" safety record.
Lishman, known as Father Goose by some, is a pioneer of ultralight flight who became famous for flying in formation with migrating Canada geese.
The story of how Lishman aided a flock of geese from Ontario along their migratory route to northern Virginia in 1993 was made into a Hollywood movie called Fly Away Home in 1996.
The partner and friend spoke with great sorrow about the loss from his Uxbridge home last night.
"The guy was a real enthusiast, he had positive energy," Lishman said in a gruff and saddened voice. "This is just a major loss."
Lishman said Jovkovic had been flying the plane a lot, and recalled his friend frequently said that buying shares in the plane was the best thing he ever did.
"He had been flying for many years. He had been a pioneer in ultralight aviation and had flown all kinds of ultralight aircraft. He was just so enthused with this one," he said, adding that Jovkovic had logged between 30 and 40 hours flying the Coyote during the last two months.
"The aircraft was in great shape," Lishman said. "I had flown it up to Manitoulin Island the previous week and came back and it was functioning fine. There had been one little glitch with the tachometer but that's not something that's critical."
Kim Wilcox, who lives close to the airport, said she was awakened by the sound of sirens.
After looking warily out the window of her family farmhouse thinking she'd find police conducting radar checks, she instead saw billowing smoke.
"I went into the kitchen and saw cops and fire trucks," she said. "And I knew right away what happened. I felt so bad."
The wreckage was still on fire on her family's sprawling Greenbank property.
Wilcox, 17, who was the only one home at the time of the crash, said that she invited the relatives of at least one victim into her house for a drink of water when she discovered them milling about her porch shortly after she woke up.
"They were in shock," she said. "I don't think it hit them yet."
The federal transport ministry is investigating the incident; so far there is no indication there was anything wrong with the plane.
Residents who gathered along the roadway yesterday said everyone knows one another in the close-knit community.
This is the second time death has entered the community this week, Greenbank resident Darrell Pelletier, 17, said. And last year, a car accident claimed a teenager's life.
"But it's a quiet town," he said. "Not much happens here."
He said the airport – a small house, two hangars and several Cessnas parked on a patch of green close to the landing strip – is busiest on Sundays when people fly in for brunch and church.
This isn't the first crash at this airport, residents said, but it's been a long time since there's been one.
About 15 years ago, Wilcox said, a plane got tangled in hydro wires, which have since been taken down.
Local resident Laura Carr was shocked.
"It's just something you don't expect," she said.
The body of the second man has not been identified by Durham Regional Police but Lishman said it was a friend of Jovkovic's from South Africa.
"He transformed that airport into really something great ...Everybody's going to miss that."
Friend of flying legend Bill Lishman dies, along with his passenger, after takeoff near Whitby
Aug 02, 2008 04:30 AM
Jackson Hayes
Michele Henry
staff Reporters
Friends of Mickey Jovkovic gathered at his Uxbridge home and a nearby rural airport as word of the crash that took his life flashed through the town yesterday.
The home-built kit plane Jovkovic had been piloting crashed around 9:45 a.m. yesterday, erupting into flames in a wheat field just metres from the Greenbank airport landing strip, about a half-hour north of Whitby, Ont.
Both Jovkovic and the unidentified friend he'd taken aloft were killed instantly.
Thin pieces of burned metal sticking up beyond plastic-covered bales of hay were the only visible signs of the crash from Regional Road 47, just off Hwy 12.
Details on the crash are not known but an eyewitness reported seeing the plane veer into the field while attempting takeoff.
Jovkovic was a part-owner of the plane with friend and flying legend Bill Lishman, who said the single-engine Rans Coyote, built in 1996, had a "great" safety record.
Lishman, known as Father Goose by some, is a pioneer of ultralight flight who became famous for flying in formation with migrating Canada geese.
The story of how Lishman aided a flock of geese from Ontario along their migratory route to northern Virginia in 1993 was made into a Hollywood movie called Fly Away Home in 1996.
The partner and friend spoke with great sorrow about the loss from his Uxbridge home last night.
"The guy was a real enthusiast, he had positive energy," Lishman said in a gruff and saddened voice. "This is just a major loss."
Lishman said Jovkovic had been flying the plane a lot, and recalled his friend frequently said that buying shares in the plane was the best thing he ever did.
"He had been flying for many years. He had been a pioneer in ultralight aviation and had flown all kinds of ultralight aircraft. He was just so enthused with this one," he said, adding that Jovkovic had logged between 30 and 40 hours flying the Coyote during the last two months.
"The aircraft was in great shape," Lishman said. "I had flown it up to Manitoulin Island the previous week and came back and it was functioning fine. There had been one little glitch with the tachometer but that's not something that's critical."
Kim Wilcox, who lives close to the airport, said she was awakened by the sound of sirens.
After looking warily out the window of her family farmhouse thinking she'd find police conducting radar checks, she instead saw billowing smoke.
"I went into the kitchen and saw cops and fire trucks," she said. "And I knew right away what happened. I felt so bad."
The wreckage was still on fire on her family's sprawling Greenbank property.
Wilcox, 17, who was the only one home at the time of the crash, said that she invited the relatives of at least one victim into her house for a drink of water when she discovered them milling about her porch shortly after she woke up.
"They were in shock," she said. "I don't think it hit them yet."
The federal transport ministry is investigating the incident; so far there is no indication there was anything wrong with the plane.
Residents who gathered along the roadway yesterday said everyone knows one another in the close-knit community.
This is the second time death has entered the community this week, Greenbank resident Darrell Pelletier, 17, said. And last year, a car accident claimed a teenager's life.
"But it's a quiet town," he said. "Not much happens here."
He said the airport – a small house, two hangars and several Cessnas parked on a patch of green close to the landing strip – is busiest on Sundays when people fly in for brunch and church.
This isn't the first crash at this airport, residents said, but it's been a long time since there's been one.
About 15 years ago, Wilcox said, a plane got tangled in hydro wires, which have since been taken down.
Local resident Laura Carr was shocked.
"It's just something you don't expect," she said.
The body of the second man has not been identified by Durham Regional Police but Lishman said it was a friend of Jovkovic's from South Africa.
"He transformed that airport into really something great ...Everybody's going to miss that."
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Re: Greenbank Ontario Fatal Crash
After the return of the "disappeared" canoeist and conviction of him and his wife for insurance fraud etc. in the UK, there has been similar speculation on Fossett's case.
Have a look at the picture of the remains of the Greenbank crash and imagine them on the side of a forested mountain slope. You'd likely trip over it before you saw it. There's a C-172 that's been missing for a similar period in the BC mountains -- the remains of that would likely be an order of magnitude more visible.
Greenbank is where I got my private license a long time ago. It hits a little close to home even though I never met the new people.
Have a look at the picture of the remains of the Greenbank crash and imagine them on the side of a forested mountain slope. You'd likely trip over it before you saw it. There's a C-172 that's been missing for a similar period in the BC mountains -- the remains of that would likely be an order of magnitude more visible.
Greenbank is where I got my private license a long time ago. It hits a little close to home even though I never met the new people.
Re: Greenbank Ontario Fatal Crash
Hi all,
Well, as a one-time resident of Uxbridge, a pilot who got to know Mickey pretty well and experience first-hand his passion for aviation I'm hugely shocked and saddened at this terrible loss. I flew out of Greenbank regularly and know the area very well.
Anyone who lived in the area would have been used to seeing Mickey in and around town always moving with energy and always ready to extend a hand shake and a smile. Whilst my own experience of Mickey was confined to aviation, I know he touched many other lives in many other circles and always left a lasting impression with those he met.
I'm sure the details of this terrible event will reveal themselves in the weeks and months to come but in the immediate aftermath my thoughts are with Mickey's family, his friends and to all those his life touched in so many ways. His sense of community and his love of life and aviation were clear to all who knew him. We'll miss you.
Ian
Well, as a one-time resident of Uxbridge, a pilot who got to know Mickey pretty well and experience first-hand his passion for aviation I'm hugely shocked and saddened at this terrible loss. I flew out of Greenbank regularly and know the area very well.
Anyone who lived in the area would have been used to seeing Mickey in and around town always moving with energy and always ready to extend a hand shake and a smile. Whilst my own experience of Mickey was confined to aviation, I know he touched many other lives in many other circles and always left a lasting impression with those he met.
I'm sure the details of this terrible event will reveal themselves in the weeks and months to come but in the immediate aftermath my thoughts are with Mickey's family, his friends and to all those his life touched in so many ways. His sense of community and his love of life and aviation were clear to all who knew him. We'll miss you.
Ian
This won't take long, did it?
