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Title: Nas oceana accident
Post by: evenhaim on September 07, 2007, 04:46:55 PM

nas oceana ww2 stunt pilot died today <>
he was a pilot in ww2 and died doing what he loved
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070907/ap_on_re_us/air_show_crash

Title: Nas oceana accident
Post by: Wes14 on September 07, 2007, 04:48:02 PM

:(  heard about it on the school PA system earlier today.

Title: Nas oceana accident
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on September 07, 2007, 05:33:43 PM

Word is he was not a WW II pilot, but he was in a squadron in the Dutch Air Force in the 50's. Never the less, it is a terrible loss.

Title: Nas oceana accident
Post by: Guppy35 on September 07, 2007, 05:41:37 PM

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Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
Word is he was not a WW II pilot, but he was in a squadron in the Dutch Air Force in the 50's. Never the less, it is a terrible loss.

Yep, he flew Dutch F84Gs and Fs.

Jan Wildbergh of the Skytypers

Pilot bio on this page of their website

http://www.skytyping.com/test-pilots-page.htm

Title: Nas oceana accident
Post by: Maverick on September 07, 2007, 10:29:27 PM

RIP, fair skies and tailwinds forever.

Title: Nas oceana accident
Post by: Rino on September 07, 2007, 10:40:38 PM

Man it has been a really rough year for the airshow guys :cry

     I did notice that the article claimed that there were only 10 SNJs in the
world??  That number is a tad low..by at least a factor of 10.