Jim Leroy

Edge 540 · 07-28-2007, 04:25 PM

Jim Leroy crashed his plane at the Dayton air show today and died in route to the hospital. He and Skip Stewart were performing their dual show "Mary's Lamb" (I believe thats the name).
Prayers to his family and everyone involved.

**Boulder** · 07-28-2007, 04:31 PM

Extremely sorry to hear this,

May God Bless Jim's family and friends during this terrible time. My prayers will be with all of those effected as they struggle to accept their loss.

Mokken · 07-28-2007, 07:15 PM

	Quote: Originally Posted by Boulder
	Extremely sorry to hear this, May God Bless Jim's family and friends during this terrible time. My prayers will be with all of those effected as they struggle to accept their loss.

Same here.. I've seen his airshow, he was one crazy mo fo with that bi-plane, right up there with Sean Tucker..

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291268,00.html

FL. AV8r · 07-28-2007, 07:33 PM

He was the BEST aerobatic pilot on the PLANET !

teryn · 07-28-2007, 07:41 PM

this is horrible news that's hard for me to stomach
we've been losing a lot of good people lately

Mokken · 07-28-2007, 08:10 PM

Video of the crash..

http://www.whiotv.com/news/13774845/detail.html

You can see right at the end, he knew what was coming...Damn...

R.I.P

ilovemetro · 07-28-2007, 08:17 PM

	Quote: Originally Posted by Mokken
	Video of the crash.. http://www.whiotv.com/news/13774845/detail.html You can see right at the end, he knew what was coming...Damn... R.I.P

the only video i see is the home and its tiny and i can't see what happens at all?

pitviper51 · 07-28-2007, 08:26 PM

looks like a flat spin and got to low to pull out.. sad news.. but anyone in the bussiness has to know that theres always a chance... may fair weather grant you endless flying.
mike

SleepyC · 07-28-2007, 09:21 PM

Man... prayers go out. This is really horrible. Very very sad.

It really shows you how brave these guys who fly full scale aerobatics really are.
This is a reality everytime they get into the airplane. No matter how calculated, there is always a chance. Man... very sad day... very sad.

mavacpjm71 · 07-28-2007, 09:27 PM

Looked like he did one extra snap then normal...my thoughts and prayers with Jim and his family....

p sme · 07-28-2007, 09:43 PM

Wow I had a chance to meet Jim and talk to him for about a half hour after one of his shows in Cleveland about two years ago, he was a great guy, sorry to see him go. Thoughts and prayers go out to the faminly and friends.

btomlinson · 07-28-2007, 10:38 PM

One to many snaps..

07-28-2007, 04:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Edge 540 Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dayton Ohio Posts: 1,682	Jim Leroy Jim Leroy crashed his plane at the Dayton air show today and died in route to the hospital. He and Skip Stewart were performing their dual show "Mary's Lamb" (I believe thats the name). Prayers to his family and everyone involved. __________________ www.ohiomodelplanes.com http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/...500&ppuser=273

07-28-2007, 04:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Boulder It's official, thanks Verne... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Universal City, TX Age: 49 Posts: 10,136 Blog Entries: 3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Re: Jim Leroy Extremely sorry to hear this, May God Bless Jim's family and friends during this terrible time. My prayers will be with all of those effected as they struggle to accept their loss. __________________ Ken Thompson Fellowship of Christian Modelers http://www.fcmodelers.com *Team Black Magic* http://www.customairframes.com *Team DragonFire* http://www.dragonfirecustoms.com

07-28-2007, 07:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
teryn Uber Contributer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ, USA Age: 35 Posts: 172	Re: Jim Leroy this is horrible news that's hard for me to stomach we've been losing a lot of good people lately

07-28-2007, 08:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mokken Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 36 Posts: 358	Re: Jim Leroy Video of the crash.. http://www.whiotv.com/news/13774845/detail.html You can see right at the end, he knew what was coming...Damn... R.I.P __________________ http://www.sandpitflyers.com

07-28-2007, 08:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
pitviper51 Busted.... DOH!!!! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kentucky Age: 23 Posts: 5,331 Blog Entries: 2 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Re: Jim Leroy looks like a flat spin and got to low to pull out.. sad news.. but anyone in the bussiness has to know that theres always a chance... may fair weather grant you endless flying. mike __________________ www.hcrcm.org (my flying club......) http://www.outdoorventuresschwinn.com/ WORK http://www.mbphotos.exposuremanager.com/ my photo galleries (other work) Why fly Heli's when airplanes hover just as good!


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07-28-2007, 09:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
SleepyC Thanks for the Support! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Age: 37 Posts: 13,491 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 3	Re: Jim Leroy Man... prayers go out. This is really horrible. Very very sad. It really shows you how brave these guys who fly full scale aerobatics really are. This is a reality everytime they get into the airplane. No matter how calculated, there is always a chance. Man... very sad day... very sad. __________________ BUILDING SEASON IS HERE!! Break out the glue sand paper and covering iron!! whoO hoo!

07-28-2007, 09:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
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07-28-2007, 09:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
p sme Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Age: 18 Posts: 249	Re: Jim Leroy Wow I had a chance to meet Jim and talk to him for about a half hour after one of his shows in Cleveland about two years ago, he was a great guy, sorry to see him go. Thoughts and prayers go out to the faminly and friends. __________________ Paul Smetona BSI Adhesives Emcotec

07-28-2007, 10:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
btomlinson Super Anal Perfectionist !! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southaven MS Age: 33 Posts: 755	Re: Jim Leroy One to many snaps.. __________________ Brian Fellowship of Christian Modelers www.fcmodelers.com *www.Tomlinsonmachineandtool.com*

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