4 dead at Turf in midair

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/...sp?t=apnew&vts
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Just saw this on the web, aircraft reported as ASK21
and J3.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1228ONcrash.html
Article from local paper.

Well frotz. I've only flown at Turf a few times -- my first glider ride in
February, with the pilot we lost today (Keith Couliette), and my first
aerobatic lesson a few weeks ago, also with Keith, in the aircraft that was
lost today (it could only have been their ASK-21, with the Grobs prohibited
from aerobatics).

I just saw Keith yesterday (it was too windy for me to fly Turf's 1-26), and
I was to have another lesson with him this Saturday. I did not know Keith
very well -- he struck me as a quiet, unassuming fellow, not saying much on
the ground -- but I enjoyed my two flights with him immensely, and he was a
very safe instructor, at least with me in the front seat.

Thoughts and prayers to Roy and the whole gang at Turf.

Sigh ...

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The Arizona Republic
Dec. 29, 2003 12:00 AM

Four people died Sunday afternoon when a glider plane performing an
acrobatic loop crashed midair into a single engine fixed wing plane at
Pleasant Valley Airport.

Keith Coulliette, 30, an employee of Turf Soaring School and the son of one
of the school's owners, was flying the glider. Matthew Broadus, 36, of
Redmond, Washington, was a passenger in the glider. Turf Soaring School is
located at the airport, near 89th Avenue and Carefree Highway.

The airplane was piloted by Carl Remmer, 82, a retired Marine Corps pilot
from Sun City and occupied by passenger Bob Shaff, in his mid-80s, of
Phoenix. It took off at the airport, but was not associated with the school.

Crash debris was spread across about 200 yards just north of the airport
runway. Peoria police and the Federal Aviation Administration expected to
continue the investigation into Monday.
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"Stewart Kissel" wrote in
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http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/...sp?t=apnew&vts
=122820031627

Just saw this on the web, aircraft reported as ASK21
and J3.