Crashed helicopter pilot Richard Green had decade-long feud with air safety watchdogs

By Rory Callinan and Rachel Olding
Updated November 11 2015 - 12:13am, first published November 10 2015 - 6:24pm
Killed in helicopter crash: Richard and Carolyn Green. Photo: richardgreen.net.au
Killed in helicopter crash: Richard and Carolyn Green. Photo: richardgreen.net.au
"My pride and joy": the EC135 operated by Richard Green. Photo: www.richardgreen.net.au
"My pride and joy": the EC135 operated by Richard Green. Photo: www.richardgreen.net.au

A wealthy pilot and landscape photographer killed when his helicopter crashed near Cessnock had been embroiled in a bitter, decade-long battle with air safety watchdogs about being allowed to do his own maintenance on the $6 million aircraft.

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