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Pilot dies in Plainview air show crash
Wes Winter, 46, an aircraft distributor from Mesa Arizona, perished when the experimental Partena via P-68C lost its wings during a loop at the 5th annual Plainview Kiwanis Air Show. Witnesses and officials described the sudden tumbling and fuel spill as Winter’s wife cried out over the PA system. The crowd of about 1,000 watched in horror as the plane crashed near the runway. four vintage pilots later saluted in a missing man formation.
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