Shout out to the air traffic controller who did his best to help out the Jabiru pilot whose engine failed at 9500 near Dubbo this afternoon.
Airplane ended up landing safely in a paddock (I’m sure all of us on the area freq exhaled a simultaneous sigh of relief when we heard the pilot check in from the ground)
The controller knew enough about GA to be able to tutor the pilot through the iPad taps he’d need to use the ruler to measure his distance from Dubbo. Not something I expected to hear.
Anyway: Good outcome, three cheers for everyone involved.