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'Spirit of St Louis' replica crash

Posted by Mike on Sat May 31, 2003 04:24:39 PM

Sadly, the 'Spirit of St Louis' replica (from Sweden, I believe), crashed shortly after take-off during the Coventry airshow this afternoon. The pilot is reported as being seriously injured. The accident happened as the aircraft was climbing away, and the port wing appeared to fail, and fold back against the fuselage.

A sad end to an excellent afternoon's flying. My thoughts are with the pilot and his family and friends

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