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Furrer was an avid pilot.

He earned his pilot license in 1974, doing several long distance trips with one engine planes-including a flight over the inland ice of Greenland in 1979 and a solo flight from Germany to Quito, Ecuador in 1981.

His love for planes finally cost him his life, as he died in a plane crash during a flight show on the Johannisthal Air Field ( Berlin ).

He was a passenger on a flight of the historic Bf 108 after the end of the official flight show when the pilot Gerd Kahdemann lost control of the plane shortly after 6: 00 p. m Both Kahdemann and Furrer were killed immediately.