A high-profile businessman and his passenger plummeted more than 2000 metres to their death when their helicopter smashed into a Snowy Mountains hillside, a preliminary report has found.
Barbecues Galore co-founder Peter Woodland, 75, was piloting the bright red Bell LongRanger chopper with his un-named passenger, 64, who was believed to be his partner.
Investigators found Mr Woodland had flown on in poor weather before the aircraft crashed on the afternoon of April 3 in the remote Kiandra…