he was regarded as one of, if not, australia best strunt flyer, and sadly died in a plane crash yestereday afternoon only a 100 or so metres from the shepparton airport runway when he had mechanical failure during his first stunt just after take off.
Pip was an icon of the area, had a bit to do with young bucks learning to fly and was yesterday practising for his solo part in the avalon air show near melbourne.
sadly his father who taught him to fly died in the same way in 1974.
whilst most of you may never have heard of him he was very well known and highly regarded throughout our community and his death has shocked many. i met the man on many occasions thorugh his auto wrecker business and he was a geniunly nice guy.
anyway i wont say too much but for those interested here is some footage of him. there is plenty more on him on youtube. just search 'pip borrman'.
the commentry in this one is him whilst flying.
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