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The pilot of a display team aeroplane has been killed in a crash at the CarFest motoring event in Cheshire.

Kevin Whyman, 39, was flying a Folland Gnat aircraft that came down near the event at Oulton Park at about 14:00 BST.

BBC presenter Chris Evans, CarFest's founder, confirmed his death and said the pilot's family had been informed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-33748256

I posted about this team last year. They were flying over the Blackwater Estuary off Mersea Island last year, obviously practicing. Very exciting to see.

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In fact, it was Bratty who told me who they were. One down now.
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The Gnat is the aircraft the Red Arrows used to use, they switched to the Hawker Sidley Hawk in the late 70s or early 80s, I think.

Real shame, but no real information yet on what went wrong.

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Very sad. It'll be interesting to hear how Evans approaches this on his radio show next week. I was naturally expecting him to bang on about how great it was for a couple of days, maybe as a bit of a precursor to new Top Gear but its going to be rather tricky if not wildly inappropriate to do that now.

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They appear to be flying the remaining Gnats from North Weald. One flew north of the house yesterday. Heard it twice, saw it on its return flight.

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