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Doug Hayward ex 36SQN C-130H Pilot IP: 110.23.46.188 Posted on 11/7/2018 at 07:37:13 PM by Col Coyne
I have just received information from a contact at HARS that Doug Hayward has been involved in an aircraft crash in Pretoria, Sth Africa.
Doug had been invited to ferry a Convair 240 from Wonderboom to the Netherlands and was conducting a test flight with maintenance people on board.
Video of the takeoff can be seen at https://m.news24.com/Video/SouthAfrica/News/watch-eyewitness-footage-shows-smoke-coming-from-wonderboom-plane-before-crash-20180710
Doug is in an induced coma at this time.
We can only hope one of our Herc fraternity recovers to fly again. Replies: There have been no replies.