The owner of a skydiving company has been charged in relation to a midair crash of two planes near Masterton last year. Joshua Christensen, 20, was flying a Cessna 185 belonging to Lloyd’s Skydive Wellington and Craig McBride, 66, of Wairarapa Aero Club was flying the club’s Tecnam trainer when the two planes collided just south of Hood Aerodrome on June 16. PIERS FULLER/STUFF/Stuff The wreckage of the Cessna 185 belonging to Skydive Wellington near the southern approach to Hood Aerodrome in June last year. Fundraising organiser Stuart Bean said they believed the CAA’s actions were “an unjust prosecution against a small aviation operator”. He needs to at least be able to defend himself.”According to the page, Lloyd started skydiving in 1970 and set up his independent skydiving operation, Skysports (NZ) Ltd, commonly known as Skydive Wellington, in 1991.

Source: Stuff July 28, 2020 00:33 UTC