Blue Skies Paul Lopez

The Indy Transponder is saddened by the loss of Paul Lopez. He was part of our family on Flight Line Internet Radio. We'll have more later when we've collected ourselves and had some time to process this:

2 People Dead In Single-Engine Plane Crash In Dade City - Tampa Tribune, FL
Airport officials said the MX-2 aerobatic plane was owned by Paul Lopez. Lopez took off from the airport with a passenger a few minutes before the crash was reported. "He just fueled up here and took off," said Nancy Morin, an assistant at the airport, ...
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Update: I was so stunned when I posted this, I failed to share the most important part - along with the sympathies of all the aviation community - The Indy Transponder would like to add their prayers, and thoughts to the friends and family of Paul. The community has been sharing what an impression Paul made on them at Airshowbuzz and Fencecheck. Lots of kind words, and some very nice photographic tributes.

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Funeral Info.