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Red Arrow Pilot Dies
on: August 20, 2011, 06:45:25 pm
RIP to Flt Lt Jon Egging who died guiding his failing aircraft away from buildings.

My thoughts are with his family, friends and the unit.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8713429/Red-Arrows-pilot-killed-in-crash.html
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Re: Red Arrow Pilot Dies
Reply #1 on: August 20, 2011, 09:35:52 pm
That's awful. :( There was an F-14 crash at an air show near us about a decade ago, and the pilot apparently aimed his craft away from a few houses in the same way.  You can't say enough about that willingness to put bystanders' safety above your own chance of survival.
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