My heart breaks for this pilot’s family. I lost my husband, Steve, on 9/11/7. He was killed while testing a plane just prior to the Reno Air Races, in Reno, NV.

We were at the San Leandro Marina Park when this happened and we saw the firemen going out to help… We feel terrible for the pilot and his family!

bless you pilot and your family, my prayers are with you

“High Flight”

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air….

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent lifting mind I have trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
- Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

We tried to save him but to no avail. We dug his head free of the mud. There was no pulse. Hopefully he died on impact, quickly and without pain.

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just want to acknowledge you . . . how heart-painful it must have been for you . . . to witness the end of this life . . . you were there to revive.if possible but it was not . . . thank you thank you for being that kind soul, — my heart is with you

dang… that just sucks. RIP pilot.

thanks for trying to save him, he was my dad. I hope too that it was pain free. He died doing what he loved. thanks again, Richard.

To Richard Beaumont and family members: God only takes the good ones and your Dad must have been part of God’s plan in some way. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family through this difficult tiome. Strong faith will help get you through this. God Bless you and the rest of your family.

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My condolences to you and your family. Apparently your father ditched the plane to avoid a family picnicking in the filed where he was going to make an emergency landing. That makes him a hero in my book. His selflessness in a time of danger is an example for others to follow. Hopefully this helps infuse your sadness with well-deserved pride in your father.

Thanks , As I am in Australia , reading your comments makes a real difference because you were there.

this man is my best friend grandad and she is only 9