John Stortelder, with daughter Alanah
Such is the case with the death today of John Stortelder, a well-known and much loved fellow aviator at Gatton Airpark.
John was a concreting contractor who ran his own successful business in Brisbane. He came to flying somewhat later in life, as many of us do, learning to fly in a Jabiru. Later, he learnt to fly the RV6, in which he died.
He first built a house at the airpark several years ago. For awhile, he spent weekends in this house, then he let the house out and made day trips up from Brisbane as his second unique, purpose-designed home took shape. John designed the house himself and did much of the work in the construction. He leaves a wife, daughter and son.
He died today, Sunday morning, doing what he loved to do – flying – first thing on Sunday morning as always.
No more of this stuff, please folks.
Some more links to other articles about the tragedy are to be found below:
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