Coleman offered flight training in his Extra Flugzeugbau 300L aircraft in California, according to his website, and had performed in hundreds of airshows and given over 3,000 rides in aircraft.

Some faces peer upward at the Fina Extra 300L hanging over the runway on the edge of a stall. Others stare at me, sitting on the taxiway. This funny little jet looks like a 12-foot shotgun shell ...