P51tj Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Another P51 and Crew bite the dust... RIP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 So sad, she was beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extender32 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 What a bummer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Sad news. She was gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jester Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Not many of those beautiful planes left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 The former president of Sikorsky Aircraft was killed along with his passenger when his P-51D crashed near Maricopa, Arizona, on Friday. Jeffrey Pino, 61, was head of Sikorsky from 2006 to 2012. He was flying the Mustang, named Big Beautiful Doll, when it went down. The passenger was identified as Nickolas Tramontano, 71, of Brookfield, Connecticut. There was an intense post-crash fire. The NTSB is looking for eyewitnesses to the accident. Pino had lived in Chandler, Arizona, since his retirement from Sikorsky. Tramontano was well-known in the pilot community at Oxford-Waterbury Airport, where he was affectionately referred to as the "mayor." Pino presided over some important developments at Sikorsky, including the Collier Trophy-winning high-speed X2 helicopter. "During his six years as (president) of Sikorsky, Jeff brought personal energy and passion for aviation innovation to our industry," current Sikorsky President Dan Schultz said in a statement. "We remember Jeff as a leader, pioneer, innovator and advocate." Pino was vice chairman of Colorado-based XTI Aircraft, which is developing a ducted fan VTOL aircraft called the TriFan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F22trainer Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 From the 1998 publication and one of the best coffee table books ever, Eternal CAVU Jeff and Nickolas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old yeller Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 That was the second time she went down. R.I.P to both the pilot and passenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2krtaf Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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