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Sunday, May 06, 2007 The tragic tale of pilot's sticky tape repair By FlyingNews @ 4:06 PM :: 382 Views :: 0 Comments :: Flying Accidents   A widely respected pilot who died after his plane plunged into Lake Taupo in front of crowds of summer holidaymakers had repaired it with sticky tape just hours before the crash. John Borman, a New Zealand fixed-wing formation flying representative, was seriously injured and later died after the kitset amphibious plane he had spent thousands of hours building flipped and crashed at Lake Taupo. His wife Noeleen, the only passenger, suffered facial injuries and concussion.

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