A Jewish pilot who was flying to his friend’s wedding was killed when his plane crashed in Hollister on Nov. 25.
Ben Glattstein, 28, a graduate of Moriah College in Sydney, was flying from the United States to Australia to be a groomsman at his friend’s wedding at the Great Synagogue in Sydney when his single-engine plane crashed just outside Hollister Municipal Airport.
Glattstein was the only person aboard the Mooney 20R aircraft when it went down at 6:35 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Glattstein left Australia in 2003 for the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, where he became a pilot. He was flying to Australia via Hawaii. — jta