In an e-mail to the News Bulletin, Andy Watson, communications manager with the B.C. Coroners Service, declined to confirm whether one of the victims onboard was Alex Bahlsen, who, according to various media reports was a pilot and former employee with the TSB. The Bomber Command Museum of Canada, in a Facebook post, said it is “remembering Alex Bahlsen today” after partnering with him to host flying events in the past.
Dan Clarke is leading the TSB’s investigation.
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'An amazing pilot and flight instructor': Friends remember aviator who died in Gabriola Island crash
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The pilot of the plane that crashed on Gabriola Island on Tuesday night has been identified by friends as Alex Bahlsen, an experienced aviator with his own flight school.
Bahlsen, 61, was headed back to Canada from Mexico when the Piper Aerostar he was flying crashed on the island, just east of Nanaimo, B.C.
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"He was just a nice guy, to everybody. Very generous. He was a rich man but he never bragged about it or anything," said Naef.
He said Bahlsen is the grandson of Hermann Bahlsen, the founder of a German baked-goods empire famous for its Leibniz brand of biscuits.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 December 2019 - 04:44 AM.