VmaxPROBE crashes on maiden flight...

1997-07-09T00:00:00

US aircraft designer and pilot Lars Giertz was killed during the maiden flight of the VmaxPROBE single-seater. Giertz had been hoping to fly the aircraft in an attempt to break the Federation Aéronautique International speed record (for aircraft weighing less that 500kg). Giertz began building the aircraft in 1990. After ...

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