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@Witt33, you should write to the Department of Transport and ask for a copy of the report. Surely, the dead man's family got a copy, back then. If not, email the AAIU direct.
I witnessed an crash out at a airshow in Fairyhouse racecourse in the late eighties, it was a Polish cropduster that slid out the sky when it attempted
a very slow 360 degree turn, pilot was killed, I do not see anything about it on the list
SP-AFX was one of three Polish Wilga's that had taken part in a precision flying competition held in Ireland shortly before the Irish Air Spectacular Airshow at Fairyhouse Racecourse, rou...
RIP
IIRC an American F-16 then came in and broke the sound-barrier to break the sombre mood of the crowd after the crash.
RGJ
...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman...Celer et Audax
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