The pilot was, and will always remain, one of my closest personal friends. Unfortunately in these situations, there exists no amount of words that can explain what he meant to those who knew him well and the way he influenced and affected our lives.
He leaves us while doing what he loved the most, pursuing his dream, and living life to the very fullest. This is how I will remember him and this is how he would want us to remember him.
My thoughts go out to the familes of all those involved, that they may find some comfort in the fact that their loved ones are in the very best of company.