Two people were injured - one seriously - after the weight-shift controlled microlight trike they were in crashed into a paddock off Wargin Road at West Wyalong in NSW


"The 35-year-old pilot was trapped in the wreckage for half an hour before being freed and transported to West Wyalong Hospital with a fractured pelvis - His 27-year-old passenger was able to leave the wreckage and was also transported to West Wyalong Hospital"

The family of deceased USA pilot Gerald Van Heeswyk of Marana Arizona have won a court hearing allowing them to take the QLD based Jabiru aircraft kit manufacturer to court over the accident


"..during a flight on June 1st 2008 the propeller came off the airplane and it went down resulting in the fatal injury"

The kit aircraft - which was sold by Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft in Tennessee in 2007 - was first flown by a a test pilot hired by Van Heeswyk after it had passed various inspections and then for several hours by the owner/builder


"The Arizona court has allowed the lawsuit to proceed"