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Ben_Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 3. "RE: Ian Grooms..." 05-07-04, 20:56z  LAST EDITED ON 05-07-04 AT 21:02z () This came out from AOPA today: "AIRSHOW VETERAN IAN GROOM DIES IN FLORIDA ACCIDENT National airshow performer Ian Groom, 58, died on his birthday in the crash of his Russian-built Sukhoi 31 aerobatic aircraft on April 30 during practice for the Air and Sea Show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He failed to recover from a series of flat spins. "It was obvious there was a problem with the maneuver," said John Cudahy, president of the International Council of Air Shows. The South African-born Groom was a mentor to airshow pilot Michael Goulian and friend to most of today's top airshow stars. A pilot since his youth, Groom represented Britain in world aerobatic competition. A devoted family man, he provided free unusual attitude recovery training to government pilots. Groom set a record two years ago for 57 consecutive snap rolls in less than 30 seconds. He told an AOPA staff member days before he died that he intended to break the record at the show." Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader 2.1 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.83- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      Ian Grooms...    DHamblin       05-02-04              RE: Ian Grooms...    Ben_Chiu       05-05-04       1            RE: Ian Grooms...    DHamblin       05-05-04       2                 RE: Ian Grooms...    Ben_Chiu       05-07-04       3                      RE: Ian Grooms...    Patty_Wagstaff       05-10-04       4         RE: Ian Grooms...    vmg10       05-18-04       5

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