THERE is no denying the pilot who crash-landed on one wheel in Wagga on Friday is adept to safety. Ironically, Rusty Crane is the brains behind an invention dubbed the next black box and “holy grail of aircraft safety”.
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The cockpit lighting system - the Green Orientation or GO Light - has the potential to save lives by helping to stop accidents caused by spatial disorientation.
Mr Crane, a South Australian livestock carrier whose Cessna 210’s landing gear failed to secure, said spatial disorientation “was worse than engine failure”.
“It’s been a problem in the air industry since the dawn of time,” Mr Crane said. “We’re pretty confident we have a remedy.”
Mr Crane, who was flying to Wagga on business, is in the process of putting the system on a headset “to show people exactly what it does”.
