61.   Sweaney, who piloted the doomed aircraft, was the most experienced Osprey pilot in the service.

62.   The director of the Locarno airfield, Sandro Balestra, told Swiss television that Fasulo owned the airplane and was an experienced pilot.

63.   The most experienced pilots, disgusted with paltry salaries and a lack of housing, have been retiring.

64.   The report also recommended more money for Customs for better surveillance planes and other equipment, as well to recruit and retain experienced pilots.

65.   The pilot, Australian Roy Hoey, was described as an experienced pilot with thousands of hours flight time in Papua New Guinea.

66.   Walkwitz was an experienced pilot and owned Walkwitz Aviation, a rental and charter company in Titusville.

67.   Hoey, from Harvey Bay, Queensland, was an experienced pilot with a detailed knowledge of conditions in the country, aviation authorities said.

68.   A highly experienced pilot made what would have been a textbook landing on three engines without realising the front landing wheel was not extended, the report said.

69.   Among the recommendations was that crash data recorders be fitted to all army aircraft, and that some training be contracted out to experienced pilots now outside the army.

70.   EgyptAir officials have vehemently rejected the allegations, saying Batouty was a well-balanced family man and an experienced pilot who could not have committed suicide.