I've heard that Helen is in the hospital still in an induced coma to deal with any swelling.

To be absolutely clear about my previous article on Helen, Helen was not here as a student, but came to get a little aerotow practice before the competition. She did not have her aerotow sign off. I don't know how she expected to get her signoff.

She was not one of Leroy's students and was towing on her own on Saturday, when Leroy didn't allow his students to tow as the winds were too strong (very few pilots towed on that day). The only instruction she was getting was informal peer to peer instruction that some one gets when some one else notices that you need help.

Leroy wasn't here when she was towing yesterday, having gone to Brisbane in the morning on a powered flight. He came back in the early afternoon to look after his students, as per a previous plan. So Helen was not taking instruction from Leroy.

Helen used to be a top women competition pilot, but she has been out of the sport for a while. She did not have aerotowing skills.