![]() Terry Betts was in his back yard when he saw the plane slipping low over the housetops. They described a bright-blue plane silently skimming the treetops of the dense suburban Sunset Downs neighborhood just blocks from a large Intel campus. Witnesses said the single-engine, swept-wing jet lost power immediately before the crash. No one on the ground was injured, said Connie King, Hillsboro Fire Department spokeswoman. The craft exploded in a fireball that spread to three more houses in the neighborhood about 1 mile east of the Hillsboro Airport, near the Orenco Station area. Guilford, a 73-year-old Los Angeles aviation lawyer, struck a home at Northeast 60th Avenue and Harvest Street. The pilot of a historic British fighter jet died Sunday afternoon when his plane plunged into a Hillsboro neighborhood, just after taking off from the Oregon International Airshow.Ī Hawker-Siddeley Hunter MK-58 piloted by Robert E. Pilot killed in crash experienced in flying warplanes It sounds like Sunday there was some kind of mechanical failure, a flameout.” “He knew what he was doing, and kept his airplanes very well maintained. ![]() “He was not a fly-by-night guy,” he said. He said his father owned a number of P-51 Mustangs, a Corsair, a Yugoslavian jet and the Hawker Hunter jet that crashed Sunday. He said his father was a “major player” in the combat airplane community, and was a co-founder of Warbirds of America in the early 60s. Knowing there was a field close by tells me he stayed with it until it was too late.”ĭespite his love of flying some of the most powerful combat airplanes ever built, Guilford, 43, said his father was a conservative pilot. The seat had just been overhauled, and I feel confident if he could have, he would have used it. “When you fly these things, you have a responsibility to the people on the ground. “That’s why he didn’t eject,” Guilford told The Oregonian. Based on information from him and news reports, Guilford said it sounded as though his father stayed with the aircraft rather than ejecting, because as soon as he would have ejected, the plane would have nosed into the ground. Giulford said he learned of Sunday’s crash from his father’s mechanic at Van Nuys Airport. Steve Guilford has a good sense of what his father, Robert Guilford, was trying to do in the moments before his jet crashed shortly after taking off from Hillsboro Airport. Pilot felt responsibility to "people on the ground," son says I do prioritize exercise for my personal health maintenance.Some local news clippings from the US here. I spend most of my time outside of work with my family. We have two rescue dogs who keep us very busy. ![]() This insight enhances my medical decision making for each individual in the family. Understanding the dynamics of three generations of a family allows me insight into family medical history, family social dynamics, and family emotional stressors. My ideal vision of family medicine includes providing care to three generations, where I am the primary care provider to the grandparents, the parents, and the children. I want to ensure that patients are able to make an educated decision regarding their health care. I advise patients that my role as a primary care physician is to educate patients on current evidence-based guidelines for preventative health and for disease management. My approach to patient care is that of a partnership. I chose a career in family medicine because I enjoy providing preventative health care and disease management to all ages.
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