Javier Fernando Arango was killed in the crash of his Nieuport 28 replica last Sunday near Paso Robles, California.
Arango, aged 54 ans, was a board member emeritus of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museumet and owner of “one of the world’s finest private collections of World War I aircraft.”
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was this a kit built airplane , metal, wood?
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“Ian Gregor with the Federal Aviation Administration says it’s a replica Appleby Nieuport 28 from 1976.” – from http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/national/pilot-killed-crash-replica-wwi-era-plane-california-article-1.3092615
I’m not familiar with that aircraft, so I can’t provide any extra information unfortunately.