Unfortunately the tail number reported (N800PB) belongs to a friend of mine who keeps his RV-8 two doors down from my hangar at Palm Coast (KFIN) airport. The reports are confirmed, it was him and he did not survive the crash. I went by the airport today and everyone is stunned.
We had a small service for Bill at our airport today attended by 23 local pilots. Bill's wife and son (Major Airline Pilot) also attended and as you can imagine they are still in stunned disbelief. We tried to keep it as a "See you later" and not a "Goodbye".
One of the local female pilots read the poem "Flying West" by Capt Michael Larkin (TWA Ret) as a tribute to his life. For those that have not read the poem I attached it as a link to this post.