Pilot Jim LeRoy

© 2007 Jonathon Robinson

ST PETERSBURG - I shot Mr LeRoy at the 2006 St Pete Airfest at Albert Whitted Airfield. He was an amazing pilot and a pleasure to watch.
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Pilot Jim LeRoy of Billings, Montana, died on the way to the hospital after his S2S Bulldog biplane crashed at the end of a runway at Dayton International Airport in Ohio today.

The plane was one of two making loop-the-loops with smoke trailing as part of Dayton's annual air show. It slammed into the runway across a field from spectators and caught fire.

"It came down and didn't have enough room" said Aaron Smith, who was watching with his 5-year-old son. "I could hear it crunch, hard. Some pieces came off."