"Niles Tilenius, 22, of Hillsborough, was identified Monday, Oct. 27, by the Weld County coroner's office as one of two men who died in the crash. The other was William Johnston, 21, of Hillsborough County, Florida. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at Erie Municipal Airport, about 10 miles east of Boulder. The two men were in an ultralight single-engine plane a JMB"
"VL-3 that had been making touch-and-go landings, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. Tilenius worked as a flight instructor in Erie, and had previously taught flying in the Bay Area, according to his LinkedIn profile. An online obituary said he was to start a job next month as a commercial pilot with GoJet, which flies regional routes for United Express."
Niles Tilenius, 22, of Hillsborough, was one of two men who died in a crash at Erie Municipal Airport on Oct. 19. William Johnston, 21, of Hillsborough County, Florida, was the other fatality. The ultralight single-engine JMB VL-3 was making touch-and-go landings when the accident occurred around 3:30 p.m., according to a preliminary NTSB report. Tilenius worked as a flight instructor in Erie and had taught flying in the Bay Area. He planned to start as a commercial pilot with GoJet next month. He graduated from Crystal Springs Uplands School in 2021 and attended Case Western Reserve University before pausing studies to pursue flying. A funeral will be held Oct. 30 in San Mateo, with a larger memorial planned.
Read at www.mercurynews.com
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