He'd talk about the feelings of taking off and landing. He never stopped talking about hang gliding. "He was always happy to help - sharing information, offering tips. That's where Stoller, founder and director of At The Podium, which finds speaking engagements for professionals, met Trueblood. He celebrated his 44th birthday last week, proposed to his girlfriend and just moved to Shelton.Įvery Wednesday morning, he would attend the weekly meeting of the Business and Networking International group at the Trumbull library. Trueblood, a 1990 graduate of Fairfield High School, owned Technology and Service Group. He's the type of person who would give you the shirt off his back." "That's me doing the singing, he's doing the backup, the keyboards, guitar - it was very beautiful," Davis said. Just type in Poets North in the search section, Davis said. The pair recorded some tracks that are retained on. Davis Jr., of Ansonia.Īt that time, Trueblood was working as a recording engineer at Horizon Sound in Stratford, Davis said. I finally got a good camera angle from the keel and end up catching my worst landing ever, even so, an awesome day and a really fun flight. "We met back around 2000 and have been friends ever since," said William F. It followed computers, which became his profession, music - he played the guitar and keyboards - rock climbing and piloting radio-controlled helicopters. Hang gliding was Trueblood's latest hobby. This was a guy who wouldn't think about driving without his seat belt buckled."Īnd Grinvalsky called Trueblood "a great father to his kids" - two boys 20 and 15, and a 17-year-old daughter." "He wasn't a daredevil," said Kevin Grinvalsky, of Stratford. At least one person was killed and two others seriously hurt in a hang-gliding accident at a park in Milpitas Monday. "That's why we're thinking it was a medical issue."īlack said New York State Police have recovered two cameras from Trueblood's glider, hoping to find answers. It's one of the safest ones," said Black, who instructed Trueblood on his first 10 flights. Witnesses told Black the pilot didn't appear to divert the hang-glider away from the mountain. "It's a fluke," said Black, who was not at the scene but has talked to several who were. Two were transported to the hospital after a hang glider accident in south Richmond County. Sunday, officials received a call about an aircraft crash in the 4700 block of Rollins Road, according to Augusta Fire/EMA’s Twitter account.
Odenwald was the only person on the hang glider at the time. One person was injured after a crash involving a motorized hang glider Sunday near McBean. Shortly after 6 p.m., Trueblood's Freedom glider flew straight into a mountainside near state Route 52 in Wawarsing, N.Y., killing the father of three and shocking everyone who knew him. Police say the pilot has been identified as identified as 71-year-old Ward Odenwald of Woodbine, Maryland.
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