Former Fairfield Man Was Person Who Fell From Plane In North Carolina

Charles Hew Dalrymple Crooks, often called Charlie, attended Osborn Hill Elementary College and Roger Ludlowe Center College, in accordance with his obituary.

He was the co-pilot in a small airplane on July 29 when he died close to Fuquay-Varina, NC. Preliminary information tales stated that he appeared to leap from the airplane, however TMZ stories that as an alternative, he fell whereas attempting to examine on the airplane’s broken touchdown gear.

Crooks took flying classes at Three Wing Aviation in Stratford, and by 2017 he was soloing. He later certified to be a Business Pilot and Licensed Flight Teacher.

Moreover, Crooks achieved a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwan Do. He additionally accomplished Primary Camp at Fort Knox as a part of the ROTC Bison Battalion at his alma mater, Bucknell College.

From his obituary:

Charlie is survived by his dad and mom Hew and Kate, brother Crawford (22), his sister Mary (20) of Fairfield, CT, his maternal grandmother Mary Zipser of Savannah, GA and his paternal grandparents Artwork and Mary Jane Crooks of Lethbridge, Alberta, his aunts Melissa Zipser Murray, Claire Crooks Goodall (George), and uncle Morgan Crooks (Aimee), first cousins Katherine and Elizabeth Murray, Finn, Sydney, Grady, and Tilly Goodall, Riley and Andrew Crooks.

A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday 11 at Christ & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on Church Lane in Westport. A reception will observe the service within the church’s Branson Corridor. In lieu of flowers, Charlie’s household requests that donations be despatched to Above the Clouds (abovethecloudskids.org).