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10-12-2018, 11:03 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chile, Valparaiso
Posts: 295
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Redline Airshow Crash
Bad news from Culpeper, Virginia the images from an helicopter show one redline crashed and police inform that the pilot passed away.
From Chile our prayers for the pilot, his family and the whole team.
I dont know if was Ken or Jon.
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Hern?n Santib??ez
Valpara?so, Chile
RV-7 TMX-IO-360 G3X and VPX Flying over Chile
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10-13-2018, 05:21 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Southlake, Texas
Posts: 628
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Very Sad Day
I am very sad this morning. It?s 5am. The day has just begun and I learn that the RV community has lost Jon. What a terrible loss. He will be sorely missed!
I pray for his family and all those that loved him. We morn with you.
God bless you.
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Danny King
Beautiful Doll 80434 TT 1710 hours
I0360 A1B6 200 HP
Christen Inverted Oil
First Flight 12 July 2000
VAF Dues current for 2021
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10-13-2018, 05:55 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 296
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Very sad
I’m over in the Uk and learned of this a few hours ago.
Very very sad, a huge loss. I bought an engine from Jon a few years back, he was a true gentleman.
So sad and upsetting.
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Simon Hitchen
Port Perry, ON, Canada
7 Tip Up, Titan XIO-360, Dual P-Mags, Airflow Performance matched Injectors, Sensenich FP Prop, Dynon Skyview, GTR-200, GTX-327
FLYING!
Last edited by Simon Hitchen : 10-13-2018 at 06:16 AM.
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10-13-2018, 06:17 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: MONTGOMERY
Posts: 9
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Tragic
Jon installed my Garmin panel, was always willing to help me solve problems, and was funny as ****! Great guy--great stick--tragic loss for VAF.
Deepest condolences to his wife, daughter, son, and family.
Billy Bie
RV-7A
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10-13-2018, 06:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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What sad news!
John was a great guy, so full of life, always smiling! What a tragedy!
My prayers for John and Ken's families.
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Bill R.
RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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10-13-2018, 06:24 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Peachtree City, GA
Posts: 145
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A truly sad start to the day. Prayers for Ken and John’s family.
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Scott Flandermeyer
Rv-10 TDI 330 hrs
Fayettevile, GA
2020 VAF Donation complete 
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10-13-2018, 06:31 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 3,035
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Bad Day
Jon flew chase for me for my first flight. I will always remember his smooth and soothing radio communications. It was just right. He always had a smile and a great sense of humor. He will be missed. Condolences to his family.
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Steve Melton
Cincinnati, OH
RV-9A, Tip-up, Superior O-320, roller lifters, 160HP, WW 200RV, dual impulse slick mags, oil pressure = 65 psi, EGT = 1300F, flight hours = 800+ for all
Simplicity is the art in design.
I was born an airplane nut. I have no explanation for it.
My Artwork is freely given and published and cannot be patented.
www.rvplasticparts.com
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10-13-2018, 06:38 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Anywhere, USA
Posts: 1,143
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Condolences to all family members.
Godspeed Jon
Boomer
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Bruce (BOOMER) Pauley
Kathy (KAT) Pauley
RV 7A--"MISS MARIE"--- N177WD (SOLD FLYING)72742
VAF #582-----------------EAA LIFETIME MEMBER
EX -KC-135A -------------BOOM OPERATOR #3633
VAN'S FLIGHT------------#6930
RETIRED————————-Enjoying life
See you in OSHKOSH
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10-13-2018, 06:50 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posts: 1,651
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We lost one of the best last night.
I was on my way to AirVenture last year when Jon called me. Ken had fallen from a scaffolding at a job site and shattered his elbow. Would I step in and lead Redline for the remainder of the season? I had to think on it for about five seconds. And that began one of the most enjoyable flying gigs of my entire life. I met up with Greg Koontz at Oshkosh and took a quick eval to re-qualify for my SAC card and then off to Cincinnati for a few days of practice with Jon. I met Jon and Ken some years earlier at one of the formation clinics we used to host in North Carolina. The two of them eventually landed slots on Team Aerodynamix. The three of us resigned from the team at the end of the 2014 season. They had already been flying their 2-ship air show routine for some time and now they dived into it with such gusto that they soon became a premiere air show act on their own. I was so proud of their accomplishments. I thought I was fully retired until that call from Jon. Now, in a blink of an eye he's gone. I was hoping to awake this morning and discover it was just a bad dream. My thoughts are with Deb and their two grown kids, Alex and Haley.
Tailwinds, Jon.
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Ron Schreck
IAC National Judge
RV-8, "Miss Izzy", 2250 Hours - Sold
VAF 2021 Donor
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10-13-2018, 06:54 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central IL
Posts: 5,740
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Prayers for family and friends, they are numerous.
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Bill
RV-7
Lord Kelvin:
“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about,
and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you
cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge
is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.”
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