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Experimental Aircraft Association July, 2021
Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania Volume 45, Number 7
Doylestown Airport (KDYL)
3879 Old Easton Rd.
Doylestown, PA 18902
Meets: Last Wed each of month (7:30 PM)
CHAPTER CHATTER
Chapter Number 78 Flying Through History
Martin Sailer Jr., 79, of Upper Black Eddy, was
Bucks Co. Pilot Killed In
the pilot and sole occupant of a small plane that
Plane Crash Was 'First-Class crashed in a wooded area near Cold Spring
Gentleman' Creamery Road and Charter Club Drive around
10:30 a.m. The Federal Aviation
Martin Sailer Jr., 79, of Upper Black Eddy,
was killed when his plane crashed in a Administration and the National Transportation
wooded area of Buckingham Township Security Board are working to determine the
on Tuesday. cause of the crash, an investigation that could
By Peter Blanchard, Patch Staff take anywhere from 12 to 18 months, according
Jun 18, 2021 3:16 pm EDT | Updated Jun 18, 2021 6:23 pm EDT to FAA officials.
Known to friends and loved ones as "Marty,"
Sailer was flying in a red-and-white single-
engine Vans RV-6 aircraft that he built for
himself years ago.
Bob Ferguson, President and Flight Coordinator
of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter
78, said Sailer carried a wealth of knowledge
about planes and aircrafts.
"The knowledge that he had on aviation was
Martin Sailer Jr., 79, of Upper Black Eddy, was killed when his plane
crashed in a wooded area of Buckingham Township on Tuesday. He is mind-boggling," said Ferguson, who last
pictured here with his grandson. (Todd Sailer) spoke with Sailer and his wife several months
ago at the EAA annual chapter dinner at
DOYLESTOWN, PA — Friends and family Giuseppe's Pizza of Warminster.
members are mourning the loss of a Bucks
County man who was killed in a plane crash in
Buckingham Township on Tuesday morning.
