Accidents
Warbird and Corporate Pilot Mourned after P-51 Crash
Passenger Bethany Root, manager of Amelia Earhart Airport in Atchison County Kansas was also killed
Vlado Lenoch, well known and liked warbird pilot of Burr Ridge, Illinois, was killed when the World War II-vintage fighter he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday July 16. His passenger Bethany Root, manager of the Amelia Earhart Airport from which the flight took off was also killed. (Photo: Heritage Flight)
Vlado Lenoch, well known and liked warbird pilot of Burr Ridge, Illinois, was killed when the World War II-vintage fighter he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday July 16. His passenger Bethany Root, manager of the Amelia Earhart Airport from which the flight took off was also killed. (Photo: Heritage Flight)

Vlado Lenoch, 64, died in the crash of P-51 Mustang “Baby Duck” on Sunday morning in Atchison County, Kansas. Also killed was passenger Bethany Root, 34, the manager of Amelia Earhart Airport, where Lenoch had performed the day before. The NTSB is investigating the accident, which happened shortly after takeoff at around 10:15 a.m. local time.