It is with great sadness that I am informing you of the death of John Shuttleworth at Matamata air field today, 10/18/2016.

John was as far as I know the first to use a rotary engine in an aircraft in NZ .

He built and flew a 2/3 scale P51 Mustang.

At this stage we have no information as to what may have happened .

The CAA will investigate and hopefully we may know more in due course.

Andrew Campbell.

I found some info on the Internet. It is the middle of the night in NZ now so
it may be hours before we know more. It appears to be a wheels up landing.

"The elderly man killed in a light plane crash at Matamata Aerodrome this morning has been described as an aviation enthusiast, a brilliant pilot and a safety-conscious man who was loved by all who knew him.

His scale replica warbird plane crashed shortly after 11am. Emergency services attended the crash, but despite paramedics' best efforts to resuscitate the pilot, he died at the scene.

It's believed the deceased pilot, a Morrinsville local in his eighties, was likely heading out for a morning ride in the skies in a three-quarter scale version of the World War II P-51D Mustang he had built himself.

Police confirmed no one else was in the plane at the time of the crash."

Paul Lamar

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