The pilot of a Robinson R44 helicopter was rescued from his crashed rotary-wing after his emergency distress beacon activated alerting authorities

"The pilot was flying from Cardwell south of Cairns to Weipa on western Cape York - A paramedic was winched down and located the surviving pilot"

A 69-year-old pilot sustained relatively minor injuries after the 1938 vintage Ryan he was flying suffered a partial engine failure resulting in a forced landing in Melbourne's south-east

"Pilot Graham Hoskings - who said he had been been flying since he was a teenager - received minor injuries from the landing" - The 78-year-old aircraft was extensively damaged