Titusville Air Show Crash
03-17-2007, 08:46 AM
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Titusville Air Show Crash
March 16, 2007, 7:31PM
Crash kills stunt pilot at Fla. air show
By JIM ELLIS Associated Press Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — A lawyer flying a stunt plane at an air show crashed and died Friday before a crowd of spectators, authorities said.
Eilon Krugman-Kadi, 58, of Gainesville, was taking the small military-style L-39 Albatross on a loop that he apparently wasn't able to pull out of, police said. The fiery crash happened on the opening day of the weekend-long TICO Warbird Air Show.
Phyllis Lilienthal, a 76-year-old working as a volunteer photographer at the event, said he watched as the plane crashed into trees just west of the airport.
"I didn't know what to think. I was dumbfounded," Lilienthal said. "People were crying. Some people were shouting, 'It crashed, it crashed!' It just gives you a sick feeling."
Mac McEachern, a longtime flying partner of Krugman-Kadi, said his friend learned to fly some time ago in the Israeli military, but only recently got the acrobatic pilot's license enabling him to participate in the show. Krugman-Kadi had also recently bought the old airplane he was flying, McEachern said.
"He was a good pilot, an experienced pilot," McEachern said.
The air show was shut down for the remainder of the day, but it would continue Saturday, said a statement from the organizers.
Crash kills stunt pilot at Fla. air show
By JIM ELLIS Associated Press Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — A lawyer flying a stunt plane at an air show crashed and died Friday before a crowd of spectators, authorities said.
Eilon Krugman-Kadi, 58, of Gainesville, was taking the small military-style L-39 Albatross on a loop that he apparently wasn't able to pull out of, police said. The fiery crash happened on the opening day of the weekend-long TICO Warbird Air Show.
Phyllis Lilienthal, a 76-year-old working as a volunteer photographer at the event, said he watched as the plane crashed into trees just west of the airport.
"I didn't know what to think. I was dumbfounded," Lilienthal said. "People were crying. Some people were shouting, 'It crashed, it crashed!' It just gives you a sick feeling."
Mac McEachern, a longtime flying partner of Krugman-Kadi, said his friend learned to fly some time ago in the Israeli military, but only recently got the acrobatic pilot's license enabling him to participate in the show. Krugman-Kadi had also recently bought the old airplane he was flying, McEachern said.
"He was a good pilot, an experienced pilot," McEachern said.
The air show was shut down for the remainder of the day, but it would continue Saturday, said a statement from the organizers.
03-17-2007, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Velocipede
Lawyers and doctors in high performance planes....
Sailboats....
Cocaine habits....
God's way of telling you that you have too much money.
Sailboats....
Cocaine habits....
God's way of telling you that you have too much money.
03-18-2007, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by bluebravo
This guy was a damn fine pilot, let alone a brother in the aviation industry, nice job at showing some respect. What a disgrace.
Velocipede is just a bit crass sometimes. Don't take it personally. I would venture to say he has a lot of dead brothers from the military as do I and we tend to view death differently than most. He doesn't mean anything by it. You know a LAWYER is going to take heat in this forum. My condolences to you and you friend.
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