Gary Hubler (June 14, 1955 – September 14, 2007) was a

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and commercial transport pilot with over 17,000 flight hours from

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. He was most notable for being Champion of the Formula 1 class of the

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from 2002 through 2006.

Death

Hubler was killed just after 9:30 a.m. on September 14, 2007, when his modified Tuttle Cassutt IIIM aircraft, ''Mariah,'' and another aircraft piloted by Jason Somes collided. The NTSB concluded the probable cause was "the failure of the pilots of both aircraft to maintain an adequate visual lookout and clearance from one another during a low altitude aerial race."

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