United States: British tourist killed in vintage plane crash in Texas

Posted on October 24, 2013 • Filed under: Tourist Killed, United-States

According to CNN, a British tourist in the United States for his 41st wedding anniversary was killed in the crash of a vintage World War II-era plane in the waters off of Galveston, Texas, authorities said Thursday. John Stephen Busby, 66, was visiting the area with his wife, police said. The pilot, identified as Keith Hibbett, 51, of Shady Shores, Texas, was also killed in Wednesday’s crash. The P-51 Mustang was owned by the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. Known in recent years as the “Galveston Gal,” the plane was used to give rides. Read article

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