Walter Eichhorn has passed away.

[Airframes]

News from Flugmuseum Messerschmitt, at Manching, Germany, shows that well-known Messeschmitt display pilot Walter Eichhorn passed away on May 25th.
He was 88, and will be sadly missed.

 

[rochie]

 

[GrauGeist]

 

[Snautzer01]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Engineman]

Very sad to hear that Walter has died. I think he was a good friend to vintage aviation and the Bf 109.
Thanks Walter!

Eng

 

[Gnomey]

 

[dcasey33]

 

[Galahad]

Have two scanned slides of Walter Eichhorn (RIP): the first (left) is from Hahnweide Airshow 2005, the second (right) from "Open Day" at Manching Air Base 2007.
Both aircraft are owned an operated by "Flugmuseum Messerschmitt":

Flugmuseum Messerschmitt - Das fliegende Museum

Das Flugmuseum Messerschmitt präsentiert Luftfahrt-Geschichte mit teilweise flugtauglichen historischen Messerschmitt Flugzeugen.

www.flugmuseum-messerschmitt.de