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Missing Gyro - Found - RIP

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Message as i got it. Not sure if it is already posted here...i could not see it.

"Goeie naand almal.
Ons is op soek na Gerhard Minnaar. Hy het gister 15 Oktober 2024 ongeveer 8:30am opgestuig in sy gyrocopter vanaf Nelspruit lughawe op pad na Musina se rigting. Die laaste location wat ons vir hom het was in die omgewing van Louis Trichardt rondom 9:30am. Almal het hom al probeer kontake vanaf 11:00am op 15 Oktober, maar geen terugvoer ontvang. Ons versoek asseblief hulp om hom op te spoor.
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Het julle hom al opgespoor? Hoop hy is veilig.
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Search underway, ARCC coordinating...

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Funflier wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 7:51 am Het julle hom al opgespoor? Hoop hy is veilig.
Glo nie. Ek dit vanoggend gekry (die boodskap).
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Rotor kop wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 6:26 am Message as i got it. Not sure if it is already posted here...i could not see it.

"Goeie naand almal.
Ons is op soek na Gerhard Minnaar. Hy het gister 15 Oktober 2024 ongeveer 8:30am opgestuig in sy gyrocopter vanaf Nelspruit lughawe op pad na Musina se rigting. Die laaste location wat ons vir hom het was in die omgewing van Louis Trichardt rondom 9:30am. Almal het hom al probeer kontake vanaf 11:00am op 15 Oktober, maar geen terugvoer ontvang. Ons versoek asseblief hulp om hom op te spoor.
Indien iemand weet van enige iets of hom kan opspoor kontak asseblief vir
Eileen Minnaar - 082 568 1719
Estelle Clements - 083 309 8006
Die tye lyk net nie reg nie, in 'n gyro en binne 1 uur van Nelspruit tot by Louis Trichardt? Dink nie dis moontlik nie. Verseker gaan dit die soek area beinvloed.
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On Jacaranda FM they just mentioned that he was on his way to Secunda........?
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What was the weather like? :?

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Whirly wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 1:06 pm What was the weather like? :?

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Of all the past days of this weeks weather in our area, Tuesday the 15th was the worst day.
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RETAILER wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 12:48 pm On Jacaranda FM they just mentioned that he was on his way to Secunda........?
Interesting, the town Trichardt could have been confused with Louis Trichardt. Still, some distance to cover in 1 hour.
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He is still missing. I think the time given is incorrect. He was flying from Nelspruit to Musina, not secunda as far as i know.
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Rotor kop wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:07 pm He is still missing. I think the time given is incorrect. He was flying from Nelspruit to Musina, not secunda as far as i know.
I was wondering about the Secunda thing mentioned on Jacaranda, facts are very scarce indeed.
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RETAILER wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 4:00 pm
Rotor kop wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:07 pm He is still missing. I think the time given is incorrect. He was flying from Nelspruit to Musina, not secunda as far as i know.
I was wondering about the Secunda thing mentioned on Jacaranda, facts are very scarce indeed.
Secunda makes more sense timewise, but his wife said Musina? Maybe she got it wrong. Will be a lot easier to find a gyro near Secunda than in those mountains around louis trickardt.
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Mentioned elsewhere that he has been located - no other info, anyone?
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