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Pilot of doomed Learjet that crashed in Florida was devout Christian who ‘went home to be with the Lord,’ his church says

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Bradford, C. (2026, November 3). Pilot of doomed Learjet that crashed in Florida was devout Christian who ‘went home to be with the Lord,’ his church says. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/learjet-pilot-at-the-controls-of-doomed-jet-that-crashed-in-florida-was-devout-christian-who-went-home-to-be-with-the-lord/

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Captain Jeff Gregory, a 55-year-old pilot from Pennsylvania who was flying a doomed Learjet that crashed near Greenacres, Florida on Sunday, is remembered as a devout Christian by his church and friends. The crash killed all nine people aboard, including multimillionaire tech executive Adam Robinson and several family members. Gregory’s final moments included reciting the Lord’s Prayer over radio communications. Federal investigators are still examining what caused the plane to nose-dive from 27,000 feet in just one minute during severe weather conditions involving extreme cold and turbulence.

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On November 1, 2026, a Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed near Cresthaven, Florida, about nine miles from Mar-a-Lago. The jet departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas and was headed for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas. It crashed around 12:50 p.m. local time, causing a massive fireball. Fourteen days after the crash, pieces of the aircraft were found miles from the crash site by National Transportation Safety Board investigators.

The victims included Adam Robinson, founder of Retention.com, his wife Helen Sharp, their children Emma (4) and Charlie (2), family nanny Anita Maria Apellido Cetina, and two family friends Charmi Fehr and Rachael Reed. The pilot and co-pilot were also killed in the crash.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the accident.

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🔮 Robinson and his wife, Helen Sharp, 40, had a “love affair that will last forever,” their grieving relatives said in an online tribute. They were also “devoted parents” to their two young children — Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2 — who “were the light of their lives,” the tribute said.

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The doomed Learjet pilot heard reciting the Lord’s Prayer moments before crashing in Florida was a devout Christian who “went home to be with the Lord,” his church said. asserted

church → doom → Lord

Captain Jeff Gregory, a 55-year-old married dad of three, was a devoted member of the Limerick Chapel in Pennsylvania, where both his parents had worked, a close friend, David Peters, told the Sun. asserted

friend → work → Sun

The church emailed congregants to break the harrowing news that the pilot was among the nine confirmed dead in Sunday’s crash. asserted

pilot → email → crash

Gregory “went home to be with the Lord when the plane he was flying crashed,” the church wrote. asserted

church → go → Lord

Gregory’s faith was on display in the final moments as the private jet plunged 27,000 feet in just one minute before crashing in a fireball close to mobile homes. asserted

jet → plunge → homes

Gregory had wanted to be a pilot from a young age and “loved wearing his leather bomber jacket,” according to Peters, a former neighbor who called his late friend “very diligent and dependable.” uncertain

who → want → friend

“I know he worked hard to become a pilot and it was something he truly loved and poured his life and heart into,” the friend told the Sun. asserted

friend → know → Sun

Gregory leaves behind a wife, Cheryl, 53, and three children. asserted

Gregory → leave → wife

The Bahamas-bound plane nose-dived near the Florida mobile home community of Greenacres Sunday afternoon – leaving a fiery crater in the middle of the street. asserted

plane → bind → street

The other victims of the horrifying crash were identified as multimillionaire tech exec Adam Robinson, 44, wife Helen Sharp, and their kids Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, Robinson’s brother confirmed Monday. asserted

Robinson → identify → crash

Also aboard were friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr and nanny Anita Maria Apellido Cetina. Federal investigators have not determined what caused the crash. asserted

what → determine → crash

However, the plane was flying through temperatures of -50 degrees Farenheit and started to pick up ice and hit heavy turbulence, authorities said on Monday. asserted

authorities → fly → Monday

The plane began to break up before impact, scattering debris over a half-mile radius, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed in a press conference. asserted

Board → begin → conference

Investigators haven’t determined whether the plane had a black box cockpit voice recorder — or if the device survived. asserted

device → determine → recorder

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