Officials say a veteran pilot who appeared at the Reno Air Races many times has died in a crash while performing at the ‘Thunder Over Solano Airshow’ at Travis Air Force Base in Solano County. Officials say Eddie Andreini was flying his vintage 1945 Stearman biplane upside down when it slammed into the ground.
The 77-year-old Andreini started flying while in high school at the age of 16, from Frank Silvestri, a World War II P-47 fighter pilot. He was inducted into the International Council of Air Shows Hall of Fame in December of last year at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.
No one on the ground was injured and the rest of the airshow is cancelled.
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