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Former president of Sikorsky Aircraft dies in P-51 crash

By General Aviation News Staff · February 8, 2016 ·

The former president of Sikorsky Aircraft was killed when his P-51D crashed near Maricopa, Arizona, on Feb. 5.

Jeffrey Pino, 61, who led Sikorsky from 2006 to 2012, was flying the Mustang, named “Big Beautiful Doll,” when it crashed.

His passenger, Nickolas Tramontano, 71, of Brookfield, Connecticut, also died in the crash.

Pino was vice chairman of XTI Aircraft in Denver, which is developing a new aircraft called the TriFan (pictured below).

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