RENO, Nev.—The pilot of a medical transport plane that crashed during a winter storm in Nevada, killing all five people on board, was following in the footsteps of his grandfather who flew bombers in World War II.
All five on board died from multiple blunt-force injuries in the crash near rural Stagecoach, including pilot Scott Walton, 46, of Allendale, Michigan, the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday.
Michael Walton, who had flown several times as his brother’s passenger, said Scott Walton “always had an affinity for aviation”—even throughout his 20s when he was working in marketing. Michael Walton said their grandfather flew B-24s in World War II….