Pilot who died in mid-air collision identified while Transport Safety Board gives update on crash

The pilot at the controls of the Cessna 150 aircraft that crashed on Sunday after a mid-air collision has been identified by other pilots who knew him as Gerhard Herget.
Herget, who was well known by those at the Carp Airport, had purchased the Cessna 150 in September, according to Vincent Charron, a retired commercial airline pilot.
“He happened to just buy one of my friend’s airplanes less than two months ago. He bought the plane from a gentleman in Maniwaki,” said Charr