Craig Smith killed in Helicopter crash,........

I just got a call from Craig's Uncle Bill,...... Craig got killed in a Helicoptor crash today in Az. I have knowen Craig and his family since he was 15,... His purple Deuce roadster was on the cover of Rod& Custom in Feb. 07,......... all his life he loved Hot Rods, and has owned several, Craig was a chopper pilot for TV news,.. He was a good friend, we didn't always see eye to eye, but he loved historic hot rods way back into the 70's when I showed him a picture of the Joe Nitti Deuce, Craig was currently building a chopped 33 5/W coupe.
I'm going to miss you Craig,............

 

Sorry to hear that,,,R.I.P. Graig,,,,HRP

 

harmsway,
sad news, i met craig at this years grand national roadster show, seemed like a good guy.
sorry.
Al.

 

The city's obviously buzzing about it right now. It's frightening news that no one wants to hear. Knowing he was the owner of that roadster brings it home.

Condolences to all involved....

 

Sad news....................My thoughts are with him and his family.

Leon

 

Amazing, I have never met the man but I have that issue and have studied the article over and over. It's wierd, you see the work of talented individuals, talk about them, admire them think of them as maybe the guy down the street building a rod. It's kinda' makes all of us kindred in some way. Next thing you know they're gone. You never know when your time has come... Prayers to all his family and friends.

Rob

 

OMG... There was just a story about this on DrudgeReport. There was video of him on the air, and then saying, "Oh jeez.." and then the camera going black. Horifying...

We were talking about this just this morning. I'm so sorry that he was a fellow hotrodder. Many prayers go out to him and his family.

 

Just saw that on the news. What a horrible thing to happen. RIP

 

I just heard on the radio, very sad. God speed.

 

Thoughts are with his family and the other families. Two news helicopters crashed and they lost both pilots and both camera guys.

 

Someone explain this to me. Craig Smith dies and Barry Manilow is still kicking. It's just not fair.

Seriously, any death is tragic. But to loose a talent who many others admire and aspire to be like is beyond. God speed Craig.

Vance

 

sorry to hear that, death ****s.

 

Very sad news,my prayers go out to his family & friends.

 

My condolences to his family and friends.....

 

Saw this on Drudge too. Didn't know the guy was into hot rods. Pretty much ****s either way. When I see the car chases and stuff on the news with all the choppers buzzing around I always wonder how they manage to avoid each other. Guess sometimes they don't.

 

Horrible news. There is no doubt he will be remembered.

 

My condolences..

 

This is bad news. My thoughts go out to his brother Bryan, they were like best friends. We had the privilage of working for Craig a few years ago and he was always in touch since.

My thoughts go out to his family and many friends.

Damn.


Matt Lesky

 

Wow my condolences go out to his family and you..

I was just watching this on the news,,crazy.

 

wow, my prayers are with Craig's Family tonight...................

 

That's a damn shame. I'm a print news reporter on the ground, and it's hard enough doing this job without being in a helicopter. Those poor guys.
I'm actually amazed this sort of thing doesn't happen more often--helicopters are not the easiest things to fly around in, and anything that happens, the news copters are all right over it.

 

Our Condolences go out to his family he was a great rodder ..RIP

 

Just saw the story on the news. That's really tragic. Hate to lose someone from the Hotrod family. RIP Craig...

 

Here's a bit more on Craig and the video guy Rick:

http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=5539@knxv.dayport.com

So sad.

 

Your right, there was a total of 4 people that died in the crash and I should have mentioned that,.... but I am still a little shocked over this, Craig was just the last person on the face of the earth you would expect this to happen to.

 

I've had some copter lessons and flown with my doctor in his and I gotta tell you, there is so much **** that a pilot has to watch and monitor while flying, it's a miracle that more incidents like this don't happen more often. I'm amazed.

I watched the video and the reaction of the other newscaster immediately made me think of the guy reporting at the Hindenburg crash. He had a hard time mainting his composure.

Vance
Vance

 

Oh, man, I am so sorry to know that.......terrible......Craig bought my complete collection of Rodders Journals about a year and a half ago....we talked on the phone several tiomes and I just missed meeting him at last years So Cal Party.......what a shame.......I am shocked......

Godspeed Craig......

Brucie

 

sorry to hear that

 

sad news. prayers to all families. super guy and will be missed by many.

GodSpeed my brother.

 

Damn, what a small world. I hear the story but the last thing I expected was to see that he was friends with our hamb family. Very sad. RIP to all the people involved