Charles Schneider was on board a Cirrus SR22 that went out of control on approach in Tennessee on December 16. [Screengrab from youtube.com]
Key Takeaways:
MyGoFlight CEO Charles Schneider, a figure embodying the close-knit and family-involved spirit of general aviation innovation, tragically died in an aircraft accident on December 16.
Schneider was flight testing and demonstrating his company's SkyDisplay heads-up display (HUD) in his Cirrus SR22 when the accident occurred during an approach at McGhee-Tyson Airport.
The SkyDisplay HUD, a certified technology that had secured successful installations and pre-orders in various aircraft types, was a key innovation championed by Schneider.
The general aviation family is a close-knit one, for a lot of reasons.
Because those who develop new technology for light aircraft often do so out of passion, it follows that they involve their own families in the effort—and by doing so enhance the congenial spirit we find at trade shows and fly-ins, all the way up to high-level board meetings.
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