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US pilot killed at World Aerobatics Championships in UK
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:57 am
by TJJ
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.
Link here:
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.
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:30 am
by JHall
Sad. Who was it?
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:33 am
by RyanShort1
According to ASB.tv it was Vicki Cruse.
Ryan
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:46 am
by JHall
That's terrible, our prayers go out to her friends and family.
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:21 am
by retroaviation
Bad news indeed. My condolences.
Gary
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:55 am
by Rob Mears
I knew Vicki
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:22 pm
by Don Parsons
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...
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:12 am
by TJJ
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.
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:20 am
by RyanShort1
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?
Ryan