Ex Russian Strizhi team pilot perished in aircraft accident

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...according to http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=156478 the exact aircraft type involved isn't known yet.

The plane was on a training flight near the Shevlino airfield, in the Solnechnogorsky district, northwest of Moscow, when it got into a spin, crashed, and caught fire.

Media reports said on Sunday retired Lt. Col. Sergei Vasilyev of Russia’s famous Strizhi Aerobatic Display Team, was killed in the accident. An investigation is ongoing.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130609/181588137.html

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http://admin.strizhi.info/2013/06/09/4240

All of a sudden ... you're gone ...

FAREWELL TO Sergei Vasiliev held on June 11 at 13:00 in the House of Officers in the New Township.

To help the family, account details Tania Vasileva.

Tatiana Vasilyeva, Sberbank of Russia, a unit of Podolsk, BIC 044525225. Account No. 40817810840330085164.

Number of its cards Savings (18-digit)
6390 0240 9027 3660 83 .

WAS hard to write.
Such a person - Serge ...

He flew the MiG-25, Su-17 ... Kubinka L-39, MiG-29 - Squadron "Sky Hussars" and "Swifts".
Later - Engineer MiG - recently flew to India to take a simulator for the MiG-29K, and a flying club he continued to fly - Cessna, small, light airplanes ...

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