CarFest crash: Oulton Park event resumes after pilot's death

the car fest motoring event is to resume despite the death of a pilot whose aircraft plummeted from the sky during an aerial display Kevin Wyman 39 was killed in the crash at Oulton Park Cheshire at about 1,400 hours BST on Saturday but TV and radio presenter Chris Evans who created the event said police had advised that it would be best to carry on with the festival he said the crash in which mr. Wyman was killed was a tragic accident a visibly upset Evans told reporters our condolences go out to his family who have been informed the police have also advised us that the best thing and the safest thing to do is to carry on with the event bearing in mind that there are 10,000 children here and that is what we are going to do car fest organizers said the festival will continue but there would be no further aerial displays nosedived suddenly mr. Wyman nicknamed gesture was a member of the net display team and married with a young daughter in a statement heritage aircraft Trust which runs the team said kevin was a Royal Air Force trained fast jet pilot whose enthusiasm for flying the Fallen net was infectious he will be greatly missed by his family the team and many friends Kevin leaves a wife and young daughter please respect the privacy of family members and of the team at this most difficult time shocked spectators fell silent as the plane suddenly nosedive during the display before disappearing behind trees moments later a plume of thick black smoke billowed into the sky BBC producer Justin bones at the scene said two planes had performed a low-level close proximity pass just before the crash one of the aircraft had failed to pull up and crash north of the circuit he said mr. Wyman who started flying the Fallen net in 2005 was one of the founder members of the display team in 2007 he lived in Westminster central London and split his leisure time between the airfield during the summer months and the ski slopes of the swiss alps during the winter an air Accidents Investigation Branch AAIB spokesman said it would be investigating the incident and sending a team to the site Cheshire Police is also investigating mr. Wyman who was born in chester was a Cambridge University economics graduate family festival he trained with the university's Boat Club and Cox Cambridge to victory in the 1996 and 1997 boat races against Oxford he had a career with the RAF from 1998 to 2001 when he left for a trading job with a US investment bank in the city of London he completed his civilian flying licenses so that he could continue to fly Evans is a car enthusiast and was recently named as the new presenter of the BBC's Top Gear show car fest is described on its Twitter profile as his dream of the perfect family festival featuring cars planes and music while raising money for BBC children in need the weekend event in Cheshire began on Friday and a second festival is due to be held in Hampshire later this month