søndag 15. mai 2016

Airshow kills - Atlanta this time - CNN

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An Augusta, Georgia, airshow pilot was killed in the crash of his Pitts Special at the Good Neighbors Air Show at Peach Tree-De Kalb Airport on Saturday.Greg Connell has not been officially identified as the crash victim but his own social media accounts have confirmed the tragedy. Connell was doing a formation routine when his aircraft dove vertically into the ground just before 5 p.m. EDT. Connell’s Facebook page carried the following posting shortly after the crash: “Please keep Greg’s Family and Friends in your prayers. There are no words to describe what we all are feeling right now. God Bless & Godspeed Greg.”
Connell flew a Wolfpitts designed by Steve Wolf, which he described as the “most aerobatically capable biplane in the world.” He was flying a routine with Gary Ward and Ward said he was unaware of the crash immediately. "Greg flew underneath me and I had no idea Greg crashed like a second later. So I pulled off and the plan we had," Ward told WSB-TV News, "I came back in the show for the next maneuver. We did individual maneuvers at that point, and I went ahead and did my next maneuver, not knowing that Greg had crashed.”

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