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 am very sorry to hear that. Any info at all on what happened
 Andrew.

 Paul Lamar


 That is sad indeed.

 I do not know John, but was lucky to fly in and out of that airport
 once.

 Gordon Gao

 Better pictures.

 From news reports for what that is worth ????

 Apparently he was not wearing a shoulder harness and he hit his head
 on the instrument panel.

 The dumb newspaper reporters also said he "dived" and "crashed" .
 Hardly the result of a dive. That was a good off runway dead stick
 landing. The airplane looks flyable.

 Paul Lamar

 We do know That the accident happened on take off. Andrew. Campbell

 There is a creditable Phd at Chris's airport that built a rotary
 powered gyro. He would be the ideal person to help the CAA find out
 why the engine stopped. I did not record his name but Chris knows
 him.

 Paul Lamar

 God Speed John.

 Was the accident in the Gyro pictured ??

 Barron

 No it was a scale P51.

 Paul Lamar


Safety belts (shoulder harness) save lives.
Some silly reminder to keep motor heads alive and giving good things to
mankind.


Alfonso Lebron


I find it very strange that John was not wearing his harness as reported
because he would put it on to run up the engine outside his hanger.
Andrew. Campbell.


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