The pilot who died in a fatal mid-air chopper crash on the Gold Coast was an "expert" flyer who used his expertise to help flood victims in New South Wales, his friends say.
Ashley Jenkinson died when the helicopter he was flying as part of Sea World Helicopters' scenic tours collided with another helicopter mid-flight above the Gold Coast Broadwater on Monday afternoon.
Shocked theme park visitors and families in the water on the New Year's Day public holiday witnessed the crash that also took the lives of three passengers and injured multiple others, including a child.
