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Two awarded flight scholarships in memory of fallen pilot
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Troy Wheeler, president of Lanier Flight Center, listens as Joshua Hammond says a few words after being awarded a flight training scholarships in memory of Kelly Chandler at a ceremony at Lanier Flight Center in Gainesville on Friday. Lanier flight instructor Kelly Chandler died last year from injuries sustained in a crash. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Lanier Flight Center President Troy Wheeler said he and his crew hoped to turn Friday into a day of joy by awarding scholarships in a late flight instructor’s honor. On Oct. 16, 2014, a plane carrying instructor Kelly Chandler, 50 and pilot Lawrence Youhanaian, 74, crashed outside of Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville. Youhanaian died at the scene.