It’s with great sadness that I got informed of the death of Shaun Lunt. Shaun was representing a different breed of pilots, flying SuperCubs over Alaska, and reporting on the beauty of this region on his blog. Shaun was as gifted for aviation as for photography, both domains lost a talented person.
Shaun got killed in the crash of his SuperCub, south of Quinhagak. I did not knew him personally, but I immensely appreciated his work. Shaun’s flying is probably as far as possible from the kind of flying I do, showing how varied aviation is.
My thoughts go to Shaun’s friends and relatives, particularly to Loni Habersetzer who was flying together with Shaun in his own SuperCub. Seeing a friend going down is probably the hardest thing a pilot can have to face up with.
Shaun left us, and flew west, beyond fog, but we will never forget him, nor what he teached us.
Vincent Lambercy is a Swiss private pilot now living in Germany. He holds a private pilot certificate with single-engine, multi-engine and instrument ratings and has logged more than 430 hours of flight.
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Wow… those were some amazing pictures! I am sorry to hear about this loss.
A great guy and Super Cub pilot. I am so sad to hear about this loss.
I was allways impressed of his pictures and his adventures.
I felt it appropriate to share this here. A video tribute to the man.
http://gotbush.org/forums/index.php/topic,1096.msg6672.html#msg6672
@R.S.: Veryy appropriate indeed, thank you.