Jim "Fang" Maroney was headed here to New Smyrna Beach for our air show this weekend. I had just signed him about a month ago (I chair our event.)
Jim is dead.
The crash occurred last evening, he was flying VFR. They found him this morning.
He was a VERY accomplished pilot: Top of his Top Gun class, F-16 pilot, Boeing captain, air show performer...
We'll be doing a missing man with the other air show stars: Patty Wagstaff, Gene Soucy, Aeroshell, etc.
Very sad day here in New Smyrna Beach.
Sad news from the States. His show was superb, and the Super Chipmunk an interesting machine.