Greg Connell Lost In Pitts Biplane

ANN regrets to report that airshow pilot Greg Connell was killed at an airshow, Saturday, at the Peachtree DeKalb airport. The event, the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport’s Annual Good Neighbor Day Airshow and Open House, was a one day event that had reported a long and extensive safety record to this point. The accident reportedly took place at approximately 1630 local time. Video of the accident shows Connell flying a routine with his friend, Gary Ward (in an MX2 monoplane), in which they made an opposing pass, and Connell climbed sharply to the left of the airshow line, pulling through the top, and doubled back to descend on a 45 degree downline, with a series of rolls, before impacting the ground (in what appears to be a nearly flat,