UPDATE: Pilot Dies in Fiery Seaplane Crash

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Authorities have identified a pilot who died in a Saturday plane crash at the New College campus and his critically injured passenger. John William Ardoyno, 70, of Hayward, Wisc., piloted the single-engine Seawind aircraft that took off from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport at about 3:30 p.m. Ardoyno died when the plane suddenly crashed across the Tamiami Trail from the airport in a field at New College.