U.S. Pilot Elgin Wells Killed While Practicing for Chinese Airshow

Post your airshow-related threads here! For specific airshows, please use the year-specific forum.
Post Reply
User avatar
Airshow4444
Posts: 179
Joined: Sat Feb 04, 2017 3:40 pm
Location: Hampton,VA
Contact:

U.S. Pilot Elgin Wells Killed While Practicing for Chinese Airshow

Post by Airshow4444 » Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:32 pm

Elgin Wells, known for his "Starjammer" routine was killed when his aerobatic aircraft crashed during a practice flight ahead of the Zhengzhou airshow in Zhengzhou, China.

https://airshowstuff.com/v4/2018/u-s-pi ... e-airshow/

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-0 ... 136811.htm
0 x
Ricky Matthews - AirshowStuff Photographer/Reporter

User avatar
Adam
Posts: 1051
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:04 am
Location: Kent, UK
Contact:

Post by Adam » Wed May 02, 2018 1:29 pm

I was there, it was a very sad day. All credit to Elgin's team, who were wonderful. They had a very tough few days. There was a touching tribute to him at the closing ceremony, and several missing man formations flown throughout the week by the Global Stars. It was nice to see how everyone came together following the accident. I only regret I didn't properly get to know Elgin before it was too late.
0 x
Freelance airshow media and videography (thisisflight.net)
Producer with PlanesTV
Airshow commentator

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 21 guests