Catch22
Major
I'm sure he was doing something he loved. 
Crash at Dayton Airshow
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MeyerBMW
Airman
Sad 2 more pilot die this weekend in Poland when their aircraft came together in midair.
<simon>
Airman 1st Class
Poor guy. The aviation commuity has lost yet another highly respected member.
RabidAlien
1st Lieutenant
Never met him, never seen him perform live....only seen him on TV. Still....as much as one ground-pounder can say, he was amazing! He will be missed, and my prayers go out to his family, and those of all the other pilots lost this past month.
CharlesBronson
Senior Master Sergeant
The same here.
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
I never had the pleasure of meeting this gentleman or see him fly. But anyone flying warbirds etc. or are interested in them, is a friend mine nonetheless...farewell my friend!
airboiy
Airman 1st Class
several of my cousins fly in the airforce and they send their sorrow..they knew him personally as a great flyer.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
— John Gillespie Magee, Jr
may he fly in heaven forever.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
— John Gillespie Magee, Jr
may he fly in heaven forever.
blkstne
Airman
He died doing something he loved
As time marches on it will be increasingly harder to keep a lot of the old warbirds in reliable flying condition.
As time marches on it will be increasingly harder to keep a lot of the old warbirds in reliable flying condition.
