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Old 28th Aug 2015, 19:33
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Here is more on this latest fatal airshow mishap:

Pilot dies in small plane crash at Stewart Airport

State police say a pilot has died Friday after his propeller-driven stunt plane crashed while he was practicing tricks for a weekend air show at Stewart International Airport.

KELLY MARSH/FOR THE TIMES HERALD-By Michael Randall and The Associated Press

Posted Aug. 28, 2015 at 2:36 PM
Updated at 3:23 PM

UPDATE (3:10 p.m.): NEW WINDSOR - State police say a pilot has died Friday after his propeller-driven stunt plane crashed while he was practicing tricks for a weekend air show at Stewart International Airport.

Trooper Steven Nevel said the accident happened around 2 p.m. Friday at the airport, where the New York Air Show is scheduled to take place this weekend.

The pilot was the only person in the plane. His name wasn't immediately released.

Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus, the County’s Department of Emergency Services, the state police and the Federal Aviation Administration are on the scene of the accident.

Practice for the day has been canceled.

A woman at the air show box office said the show will go on as scheduled.
Pilot dies in small plane crash at Stewart Airport - News - recordonline.com - Middletown, NY

An overhead chopper picture of the scene in this article:

Pilot practicing for air show dies in crash at Stewart Airport | News 12 Hudson Valley
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