Community remembers pilot Greg Connell killed during air show...

What a tragic part of a normally very interesting/fun day at DeKalb Peachtree Airport. We took our boys years ago and they loved seeing the different planes and watching the air show. It was very windy yesterday and early reports said it was a factor but I am not sure that's what caused the crash.


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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. —

Federal investigators will start piecing together wreckage Sunday from a plane crash that killed the pilot. The accident happened during an air show at The DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Saturday afternoon.

There was a big crowd of spectators for the air show. The acrobatic plane went down during a dive in an infield area between two runways.

The pilot was Greg Connell, from the Augusta area.

Connell's plane is described as a "wolfpitts" custom-built aerobatic biplane that is high powered and incredibly agile.

Channel 2 Action News spoke over the phone to fellow pilot and a close friend who was in the air at the time with Connell and said he didn't hear any calls of distress over the radio or know he was in trouble.





More at link:


http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/community-remembers-pilot-greg-connell-killed-during-airshow/284104168