Place: Kilkenny Airfield

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Pilot ‘convinced he would die’ after microlight crash

A flight instructor, who was “firmly convinced he was going to die” when the microlight he was in went into a steep dive, alerted emergency services to the accident location by using the GPS app on his mobile phone.

Fri, 22 Feb, 2013

Previous crashes which have also claimed lives

THE biggest loss of life involving a plane out of an Irish airport was the 1968 Tuskar Rock tragedy in which 61 passengers and crew died.

Fri, 11 Feb, 2011

Crash pilot’s last phone call before tragedy revealed

KILKENNY’s best known and most experienced pilot made a upbeat mobile phone call home before he died in a glider accident last month.

Sat, 02 Sep, 2006

Elderly glider pilot dies in crash

An elderly pilot died tonight after his glider crashed in a field near an airstrip in Co Kilkenny.

Tue, 08 Aug, 2006