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Strikemaster Crashes in Hudson


Contact photographer Derek Heley

What: Dragon Aviation 1969 BAC 167 Strikemaster en route from Nashville, Tennessee, to an airport in Ghent, New York See more about the plane here
Where: near the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, Hudson River, Kingston New York
When: Feb 26 2011 1:30 p.m.
Who: pilot Michael Faraldi
Why: The BAC 167 Strikemaster ex-military jet did a very low pass over the runway before crashing into the frozen Hudson River on approach to Kingston-Ulster Airport at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday near the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge. The body of 38-year-old Michael Faraldi was recovered 3 p.m. Sunday. Faraldi whose day job was podiatry was a general aviation pilot on his first transition into a high performance jet-fighter category aircraft.

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