Co-pilot killed in fiery Florida Learjet crash identified as 20-year-old who learned to fly before driving
Nathalia Gadelha, the 20-year-old co-pilot killed in the South Florida Learjet 60 crash, earned her private pilot license at 17.
By EMMETT LINDNER The father of the co-pilot killed with eight others when a private jet crashed in a Florida neighborhood praised his daughter’s expertise and her passion for aviation in public remarks late last week. “She was gifted,” Allan Filgueiras said of his daughter Nathalia, 20, at a news conference in South Florida. “She showed me what it is to be a hero,” he added. He said that she was an experienced pilot who acted professionally as the plane went through moderate turbulence and...
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