Deep mourning for F-16 pilot Auke Sieswerda and student: ‘Father got every aircraft on the ground’ | Inland

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Relatives of Auke Sieswerda turn to each other for support when aircraft fly over at Twenthe Airport in the 'missing man formation'.

Relatives of Auke Sieswerda turn to each other for support when aircraft fly over at Twenthe Airport in the ‘missing man formation’.

Enschede – The aviation world is mourning. Instructor and former great gun Auke Sieswerda (63) and the talented student pilot Thijs Ronda (24) died in a mysterious accident last Tuesday, when the training plane in which both were flying crashed. “It is hard to imagine that such a box could go wrong. Auke was a terribly good flyer. And then that young fellow, who had yet to start. It’s all so sad…”

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