{"id":363177,"date":"2025-07-31T11:36:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T01:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=363177"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T03:45:32","slug":"glider-pilot-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/07\/31\/glider-pilot-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Glider Pilot Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 31, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 56-year-old pilot was killed when his glider crashed just short of McCaffrey Field at Bowenville on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the incident about 5:45pm.<\/p>\n<p>The man&#8217;s aircraft crashed into a paddock near Wainui Soldiers Road.<\/p>\n<p>He was the sole occupant.<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey Field is home to the Darling Downs Soaring Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 56-year-old pilot was killed when his glider crashed just short of McCaffrey Field at Bowenville on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":277550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[25,1882,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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