Cruse Vicki

American aerobatic pilot and administrator who won the U.S. national unlimited aerobatic title in 2007. She had been president of the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) since 2005 and was also an Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) director and board member. Cruse died on 22 August 2009, when her light plane, a borrowed Zivko Edge 540, registration N540BW, crashed onto the famous Silverstone Race Circuit at Buckinghamshire, England, during a qualifying flight for the World Aerobatic Championships. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less