A tragic accident occurred at the Paraná Aeroclub this Saturday afternoon, where due to circumstances that are still under investigation, Cristian Grecca lost his life at the age of 54.
He had been flying since he was 19 years old, where he had graduated as a private pilot in 1994. 13 years later, he decided to enter the world of acrobatics, where he began to be more and more frequent in some events held by the Aeroclub itself.
“’I chased a pilot’ to teach me acrobatics and in 2007 I started traveling once a month to the city of La Plata for acrobatics training, which was super demanding,” he detailed in one of the countless interviews given to the magazine. press.
He was currently the president of the Paraná Aeroclub during the period 2023-2024. He defined himself as a private pilot, a commercial pilot, a glider towman, and an aerial applicator, but he always had a passion for aerobatics.
“It’s a feeling of freedom,” he expressed about what it was like to do each dangerous diving maneuver, where he also described it as a “beautiful feeling.”
He was much loved in the space, where his warm smile and unmistakable presence always captivated the public. In fact, he always went out of his way to impress the public who saw him in his red and white plane that this Saturday fell on the Aeroclub grounds: “I wanted to share the passion that flying generates in me, which is very enjoyable and often seems lonely.”
On more than one occasion, he demonstrated his ability to perform high-risk maneuvers at speeds exceeding 400 kilometers per hour. For this reason, on more than one occasion he amazed the public present in different parts of the province.
In Villa Urquiza was one of the points where he could be seen flying very low and just a few meters from the people, who were captivated by the pilot’s innate talent. Below, one of his shows on the air, where he most loved to be:
The demand to always be 100% physically
Although he had been a professional pilot since 1994, he always revealed the importance of carrying out risky maneuvers with the smallest margin of error: “The plane’s engine, on an automatic display, never stops. I go with the power practically at maximum, at 80 or 90%.”
“If one begins to consume their hours with an instructor who begins to train them in acrobatics, they can transform into acrobatic flight without having much experience. For the show, more experience and preparation is required, acrobatic flight demands a lot in terms of the cardiovascular part,” he added in another note.
It is, without a doubt, a huge loss for the world of acrobatics, which will miss his simplicity in describing that his task was simply “what one does” in the air.
Source: Elonce
Photo credit for EntreRíosYA: Rodrigo Nuñez
