Capt. Hans-Georg Schmid has died in this crash of his experimental Express 2000 ER after take off in Basel to Oshkosh. The airplane had only flown for the first time a few weeks ago, he had been planning several long range flights with it. Previously, Hans-Georg Schmid has achieved several world records in his Long Eze, which he piloted on several long range flights. Before 2002 he flew as an MD11 Captain with Swissair and retired prematurely after a distinguished career.
May he rest in peace. There are not many like him these days and he will be sorely missed.