form the NZ Herald website:
“…….He had been practising take-offs and landings in his vintage Boeing Stearman biplane at the Bridge Pa Aerodrome near Hastings for about 40 minutes yesterday morning when trouble struck.
As Holmes started another ascent the aircraft apparently drifted sideways, clipped a wire fence and cartwheeled over the corner of a vineyard, collapsing in a clearing.
The broadcaster was shaken but unhurt.
The damage to the vintage plane was quite extensive, with both wings and the fuselage affected. It had been taken to the maintenance facility for repairs.
Senior Sergeant Mike O’Leary of Hastings said Holmes told police a gust of wind caught the aircraft and he clipped a grapevine
The accident happened two weeks short of a year ago after he crash-landed the same aircraft on Ngamatea Station, about 60km from Hastings.
In that incident, Holmes circled several times before making what appeared to be an emergency landing. The plane clipped a fence and skidded down an incline before coming to rest against another fence.”
So it doesn’t ook like the Stearman will be up and running for a while 🙁
TNZ
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