Warbird and Corporate Pilot Mourned after P-51 Crash
Passenger Bethany Root, manager of Amelia Earhart Airport in Atchison County Kansas was also killed
Vlado Lenoch, well known and liked warbird pilot of Burr Ridge, Illinois, was killed when the World War II-vintage fighter he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday July 16. His passenger Bethany Root, manager of the Amelia Earhart Airport from which the flight took off was also killed. (Photo: Heritage Flight)
Vlado Lenoch, well known and liked warbird pilot of Burr Ridge, Illinois, was killed when the World War II-vintage fighter he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday July 16. His passenger Bethany Root, manager of the Amelia Earhart Airport from which the flight took off was also killed. (Photo: Heritage Flight)