The director of Sea World Helicopters has paid tribute to the pilot killed in the Gold Coast crash. 9News
Orr-Campbell said Jenkinson was an experienced pilot and was well-known to many in the aviation industry, including himself with their friendship spanning over nine years."I along with all the staff at Sea World Helicopters are gutted to the core.""We also mourn the loss of his passengers and cannot imagine the terrible sadness their families and loved one must be feeling," Orr-Campbell said.
Jenkinson has more than 6210 hours of flying to his name and performed his first flight in 2007, which sparked a love of the air.
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