Breaking news: the Australian Sydney Morning Herald just reported that a replica Spitfire crashed near Gympie in Central Queensland, Australia. Tragically, it is another fatality of this flying season; the pilot has reportedly been killed in the accident.
The aircraft was a 75% scale replica of a Spitfire. It apparently spun down during a landing approach to the Gympie aerodrome.
The plane came down in a paddock off Lagoon Pocket Road, about 10 kilometres south of Gympie, just before 4pm local time. An eye witness reported that the aircraft came down to a hard belly landing, breaking up upon impact.
Update: The first photos from the crash site have now appeared in the Australian press:
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Ow! that was scary. Luckily the plane didn’t land on populated area…