Silvio Hector Oltra (born 26 February 1958 – 15 March 1995) was an Argentine racing driver. He won the

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championship in 1987. Oltra was born in

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, on 26 February 1958. He died on March 15, 1995, while riding as a passenger in a Bell 206B-3 helicopter piloted by Carlos Menem, Jr., also a racing driver and son of

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. The helicopter reportedly struck

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while taking off at San Nicolas,

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