Jim & "The Bulldog" were my son's FAVORITE Performers (as well as ours)...We attended the Goshen,IN FreedomFest Every year (9 years straight) Also the Elkhart,IN air show every year... My oldest son is now 13yrs & my youngest is 6yrs old. We love you Jim Leroy !!! You and your Bulldog are now and always will be our FAVORITE Performers of all time... We attended The FreedomFest This year (2008) and wondered why Jim wasn't performing His his Bulldog bi-plane? I got online after the show to be shocked by the news that happened A YEAR AGO !!!! We will miss you Jim..... Our hearts go out to your family !!!! Thanx for the memories, The Gibson's, KC,Drew, Linda, & Mark Gibson. From Shipshewana,IN 46565

I really appreciate the kindness Jim showed toward my two boys, Madison and Jakin, after a long, tiring day of flying... I, as many, many others, will miss him for a long time.

Não te conheci, mas como gostava de aviões e acrobacia aérea tem minha admiração. Estou concluindo a fabricação de um aeromodelo Pitts e decorarei com as cores do Bulldog...saudades.....

Jim Leroy was an innovater in the airshow industry. He was a founding memember of the Masters of Diaster team, with Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin. After a crash between Jimmy and Bobby at the 2005 Shaskasuan airshow in Canada, Jim continued the X-team, as everyone in the X-team is going to do now. Jim would have said, lets get going, lets get it on, and thats what were trying to do. Jim is survived by his wife, and his 4 year old son Tommy Leroy. I've seen Jim Leroy perform many times, two times in the X-team acts. The first time I saw him was at Oceana, in 2005, where he performed the X-team act very similar to this one, with 1 pilot. The next and last time I saw Jim was at the 2006 Airpower over Hampton Roads airshow, at Langley AFB,VA. Jim also performed his solo acts there, friday, saturday, and sunday, along with the X-team. When the X-team performed, everyone would line the fences, and be in amazement as they performed. Rest in Peace Bulldog

Jim was my aerobatic flight instructor, we flew, we sweat, we laughed and most of all I learned to be a better pilot and a better man. Jim was and still is my idol and bar none the best aerobatic pilot who ever lived, pilots will discuss and train and attempt to reproduce his maneuvres at Jim´s level of perfection for years to come.
He will be missed... Blue skies buddy and godspeed.