Nick Cree, 32, a flight commander at the central training school in Ohakea, died when he crashed near the Raumai weapons range.
The findings of an inquiry into an air force training crash that killed Squadron Leader Nick Cree will be released this afternoon.
The New Zealand Defence Force is releasing the Court of Inquiry findings into the January 2010 crash.
Cree, 32, a flight commander at the central training school in Ohakea, died when he crashed near the Raumai weapons range, west of Bulls, on a training flight for the air force's elite aerobatics team the Red Checkers.
He was survived by a wife and young son.
Cree was practising manoeuvres for the Red Checkers, but at the time was said to be trying one of the safer moves performed by the squad.
The five-plane team of experienced pilots routinely fly in formation just one metre apart but were practising moves separately at the time.
Cree was described by his family as an excellent sportsman, who had completed two Ironman competitions, as well as a skilled pilot and a family man.
The Red Checkers were grounded after the crash while investigations were carried out.
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