Stunt pilot dies in plane crash ahead of New York air show

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Police said a stunt plane crashed on Friday while practicing tricks for a weekend air show in New York, killing the pilot.

Trooper Steven Nevel said the propeller-driven plane crashed at around 2pm at Stewart international airport in the Orange County town of New Windsor. The New York Air Show is scheduled to take place there this weekend.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was an experimental aircraft owned by stunt pilot Andrew Wright, of Austin, Texas. Wright took a local reporter for a preview flight earlier on Friday.

The pilot was the only person aboard the plane.

A woman at the air show box office said the show would go on as scheduled.