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4/23/2007, 05:57 AM
http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0407/416687.html
Pensacola, FL (AP) - The Navy Blue Angels pilot who died in a crash in South Carolina once had Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops as a passenger in his plane.
Thirty-two-year-old Lieutenant Commander Kevin J. Davis of Pittsfield, Massachusetts was in his second year with the Blue Angels, who are known for their high-speed aerobatic demonstrations.
The crash happened yesterday afternoon as the team was performing its final maneuver during an air show in Beaufort, South Carolina.
The squadron's six, F-A-18 Hornets routinely streak low over crowds of thousands at supersonic speeds, coming within feet, sometimes inches, of each other.
The pilots are among the Navy's most elite.
Last May, Davis took Stoops and former "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson on a ride in his Blue Angels jet in Fort Worth, Texas.
Stoops says today that his experience with Davis was overwhelming and called the pilot a role model. He says not only did the Navy lose an accomplished pilot and serviceman, it lost a very good man.
Pensacola, FL (AP) - The Navy Blue Angels pilot who died in a crash in South Carolina once had Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops as a passenger in his plane.
Thirty-two-year-old Lieutenant Commander Kevin J. Davis of Pittsfield, Massachusetts was in his second year with the Blue Angels, who are known for their high-speed aerobatic demonstrations.
The crash happened yesterday afternoon as the team was performing its final maneuver during an air show in Beaufort, South Carolina.
The squadron's six, F-A-18 Hornets routinely streak low over crowds of thousands at supersonic speeds, coming within feet, sometimes inches, of each other.
The pilots are among the Navy's most elite.
Last May, Davis took Stoops and former "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson on a ride in his Blue Angels jet in Fort Worth, Texas.
Stoops says today that his experience with Davis was overwhelming and called the pilot a role model. He says not only did the Navy lose an accomplished pilot and serviceman, it lost a very good man.