Very very sad.
I was in Dayton today and watched one of the finest stunt pilots I’ve ever had the honor to watch perform, die in his Pitts. He put on a great show in the morning, but lost it in the first minute or two of the afternoon show. Either there was a serious mechanical failure, or he simply misjudged the ground coming up on him, I can’t be sure... It was very hard to watch this happen. This has been a very sad day for me. Jim LeRoy was a great pilot, watching this crash right in front of me was horrifying to say the least, and I’m quite shaken up by it. My prayers are with his family, and I hope you will all remember him in your prayers as well.