A former champion aerobatic jet pilot with more than 30 years of cockpit experience in U.S. Air Force and commercial planes died Sunday when his L-39 jet crashed shortly after takeoff from a California airport, Victor Valley News reported.
Mike Mangold, 60, was piloting the plane when the crash occurred around 2:20 p.m. in Apple Valley, the Apple Valley Fire Protection District said.
A second person killed in the crash has not been publicly identified.
Mangold won the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2005 and 2007 and later served as a commentator and coach, according to RedBull.com.
An Outstanding Graduate of the “Top Gun” Fighter Weapons School in 1983, Mangold flew F-4s in the Air Force and piloted Boeing 757s and 767s for American Airlines later in his career.
He is survived by a wife, Julie, and two children, Nick and Melissa, according to Victor Valley News.
Former aerobatic jet champ dies in California plane crash
A former champion aerobatic jet pilot with more than 30 years of cockpit experience in U.S. Air Force and commercial planes died Sunday when his L-39 jet crashed shortly after takeoff from a California airport, Victor Valley News reported.Mike Mangold, 60, was piloting the plane when the crash occurred around 2:20 p.m. in Apple Valley, the Apple Valley Fire Protection District said.A second person killed in the crash has not been publicly identified.Mangold won the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in 2005 and 2007 and later served as a commentator and coach, according to RedBull.com.An Outstanding Graduate of the “Top Gun” Fighter Weapons School in 1983, Mangold flew F-4s in the Air Force and piloted Boeing 757s and 767s for American Airlines later in his career.He is survived by a wife, Julie, and two children, Nick and Melissa, according to Victor Valley News.Former aerobatic jet champ dies in California plane crash
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