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27 January 2011
Last updated at 07:05 ET
A microlight pilot who was killed two hours into a charity flight died accidentally, a coroner has ruled.
Martin Bromage, 49, from Stonehouse, set off for Australia from Gloucestershire Airport on 18 January last year.
However, contact was lost while he was over the English Channel. His body was recovered later that day.
The inquest in Cheltenham heard mechanical failure could not be ruled out as no wreckage was ever found.
Acting coroner David Dooley said that the cause of the accident would never be known for sure.
'Adverse weather' Mr Bromage, a tree surgeon, had hoped to complete the 11,000-mile (17,702 km) trip to Sydney in six weeks.
The father-of-two wanted to raise £150,000 for Help for Heroes.
His body was recovered from the sea off the coast of France, near Boulogne, on the night of 18 January.
Mr Dooley said: "All available evidence points to a loss of control at altitude due to adverse weather conditions."
The inquest heard that weather reports for 18 January 2010 showed cloudy skies with a possibility of turbulence.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Bromage died of a large number of severe multiple injuries.
The hearing was told the injuries would have been instantaneously fatal.
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Martin Bromage, 49, from Stonehouse, set off for Australia from Gloucestershire Airport on 18 January last year.
However, contact was lost while he was over the English Channel. His body was recovered later that day.
The inquest in Cheltenham heard mechanical failure could not be ruled out as no wreckage was ever found.
Acting coroner David Dooley said that the cause of the accident would never be known for sure.
'Adverse weather' Mr Bromage, a tree surgeon, had hoped to complete the 11,000-mile (17,702 km) trip to Sydney in six weeks.
The father-of-two wanted to raise £150,000 for Help for Heroes.
His body was recovered from the sea off the coast of France, near Boulogne, on the night of 18 January.
Mr Dooley said: "All available evidence points to a loss of control at altitude due to adverse weather conditions."
The inquest heard that weather reports for 18 January 2010 showed cloudy skies with a possibility of turbulence.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Bromage died of a large number of severe multiple injuries.
The hearing was told the injuries would have been instantaneously fatal.
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