Tragedy marked the opening of a new general aviation airport in north central China. Michel Leusch, of South Africa, failed to recover from a dive during a performance at the first Silk Road International General Aviation Convention held at Danxia Airport on Saturday. The airport opened Friday and the convention was held to celebrate the opening. Other performances went ahead as scheduled. Leusch was flying an XA42 show plane and video showed him climb steeply before diving vertically into the Gobi Desert.
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