From Yahoo News:
The Navy Blue Angels were back home Monday to regroup and mourn the loss of one of their pilots, killed in a crash while performing in one of his first air shows with the team.
Witnesses said the plane clipped a stand of pine trees before it went down in a South Carolina neighborhood Saturday. Investigators were still examining the wreckage, and the Navy said it could be three weeks or more before it announces what caused of the crash.
At the Pensacola Naval Air Station, Lt. Cmdr. Kevin J. Davis's parking space was turned into a makeshift memorial with flowers and posters remembering the 32-year-old pilot.
One poster read: "We will always remember No. 6." A small note said: "God bless your soul. Fly high Blue Angel."
Davis was from Pittsfield, Mass., and was in his second year with the Blue Angels, the team known for its high-speed, aerobatic demonstrations, said Lt. Cmdr. Garrett Kasper.
The rest of his squadron decided not to participate in a weekend airshow in Vidalia, Ga., and returned home to tearful reunion with family members late Sunday, Kasper said.
VIDALIA ONION FESTIVAL AIR SHOWPRESS RELEASE
APRIL 23, 2007 VIDALIA – The Vidalia Onion Festival Air Show expresses their utmost condolences to the family of Lieutenant Commander Kevin Davis of the United States Blue Angels, who died in a tragic accident at the Marine Corp Air Station Air Show in Beaufort, South Carolina.
While the Blue Angels will not be able to perform in Vidalia, Georgia this weekend, the Vidalia Onion Festival Air Show remains on schedule and dedicates their show in his memory. There will be some of the nation’s best aerial acts including Team Aeroshell, the Air Force A-10 Jet Demonstration Team, a B-2 Bomber and F-117 Stealth flyover, the World Extreme Motocross Stunt Team, the U.S. Air Force Reserve Jet Car and many other exceptional performers.
At the moment I am less than 1/4 mile from the runway at the Vidalia Airport. Onion Festival Officials are making attempts to fill the void. They will not be able. There will be an emptyness feel this weekend by all that attend. It's enough to make even Yumion shed a tear.
