A promising young New York pilot “on the cusp” of living out her dream of becoming an airline pilot died moments after she released a set of skydivers to jump from her plane. Melanie Georger, 26, was killed onboard her single-engine Cessna when it crashed on the Niagara Scenic Parkway about 15 miles from Niagara Falls, the Niagara Country Sheriff’s Office wrote in a statement.