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TJJ
PostPosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:57 am 
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News just in that one of the female pilots in the US Aerobatics Team for the World Championships being held at Silverstone in the UK has been killed in an accident. Aircraft involved is reported to be an Edge.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nort ... 215889.stm

I was talking to the British Team and watching them practise last weekend at Sywell when I was there as a turning point marshal for the air races. Sad day for all concerned.
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Sad. Who was it?

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According to ASB.tv it was Vicki Cruse.

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That's terrible, our prayers go out to her friends and family.

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Bad news indeed. My condolences. :cry:

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I worked with her when she first started dating her now ex. You could not find a nicer, sweeter, more hardworking and friendly person than the lady she was...

I'm in shock...
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The US Aerobatics Team performed a missing man flypast for Vicki Cruse before the freestyle competitions at Siverstone last Saturday - a moving tribute to a great pilot.

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The rumors surrounding the crash seemed to indicate a possible mechanical problem and that the aircraft was not her normal ship? Anybody heard anything further on the cause?

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