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Trailblazing New Orleans stunt pilot Franklin Augustus killed in plane crash with Nancy Parker
A well known local reporter was doing a piece on him, and she was also unfortunately killed in the crash.
TV reporter dies in stunt plane crash during filming
NOLA.com said:Thirty years ago, Franklin J.P. Augustus described himself as the "world's only black civilian air-show acrobatic pilot."
Augustus, 69, died Friday afternoon in a plane crash near Lakefront Airport, an accident that also took the life of Nancy Parker, a fixture of local television broadcasts for more than two decades.
A well known local reporter was doing a piece on him, and she was also unfortunately killed in the crash.
TV reporter dies in stunt plane crash during filming
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