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Flight center honors late instructor at ceremony
Kelly Chandler died from injuries after an Oct. 16 plane crash
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Pilots fly their planes in a missing man formation in honor of Kelly Chandler during an open house at the Lanier Flight Center on Saturday, April 18, 2015. Chandler died in October in a plane crash, and his widow, Jackie Chandler, announced a flight training scholarship in his name on Saturday. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Family and co-workers of the Lanier Flight Center instructor who died after an October plane crash honored the passionate aviator Saturday in the most fitting way: teaching people to fly. Kelly Chandler, 50, died following an Oct. 16 crash at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport when riding as a passenger with Lawrence Youhanaian, 74. The plane made contact with power line poles that caused the aircraft to roll.