More detail on this person: Injuries sustained
in an aircraft accident that had just departed on
a cloud seeding mission for the Desert Research
Institute..S-2D Tracker. There were two other
fatalities. The aircraft had just departed on a
cloud seeding mission for the Desert Research
Institute.
from the Reno Journal Gazette:
Richard R. Ahlberg, 55, died April 17, 200 of
injuries sustained in an airplane crash at
Reno-Stead Airport. A Reno native, he was born
December 17, 1944 and had lived in Reno most of
his life. Ahlberg was a Continental and Singapore
Airlines pilot. He was a retired Army major,
having served as a warrant officer during the
Vietnam War, piloting the Cobra. A 1962 graduate
of Sparks High School, Ahlberg graduated from
Sacramento City College, Sacramento, Calif., and
received a bachelor's degree from Regency College,
New York.
His father, George, died in 1993. Surviving are
his wife, Vassilka, and mother Ruth Ahlberg, both
of Reno; and brothers George W. of Fallon, Nev.,
and Ted M. of San Antonio, Texas. An inurement
service is scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, June 30
at Sierra Memorial Gardens. (U.S. 395 north at
Lemmon Valley Exit).
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