Killed rescue helicopter pilot a 'fantastic, good guy'LOUISE GILTRAP/SUPPLIED Dean Voelkerling was a Northland Emergency Services Trust helicopter pilot. Whangarei Flying Club is mourning the loss of admired rescue helicopter pilot Dean Voelkerling. Minutes later the pair were dead when Voelkerling's homebuilt Van's RV 7 two seater aircraft slammed into a south Dargaville dairy paddock. Voelkerling was a Northland Rescue Helicopter pilot who had flown scores of rescue flights. FARMER WITNESSES CRASHNorthland farmer Lyn Bishop witnessed the New Year's Day plane crash that killed two.

Source: Stuff December 31, 2017 23:46 UTC