Mig-15

[Big John]

This mornings 'rag' paper (Houston Chronicle) had an article headed:

"PILOT CRASHES OLD MIG ON TAKEOFF"

Pilot was flying to an Air Show at Bloomington, IN and stopped at
Little Rock National Airport for fuel. On take-off lost power and was
too far down R/W to stop, running off the end.

quote

"This is the last single seat Mig-15 in the United States". "he feared
that the Mig may be a total loss".

unquote

So another old timer bites the dust. Was a old bird that went in a
couple of weeks ago at English Air Show. If you believe the old saying
that accidents happen in three's, we can look forward to another one
shortly :o(

Big John

[Ron Natalie]

"Big John" > wrote in message ...
> This mornings 'rag' paper (Houston Chronicle) had an article headed:
>
> "PILOT CRASHES OLD MIG ON TAKEOFF"
>
> Pilot was flying to an Air Show at Bloomington, IN and stopped at
> Little Rock National Airport for fuel. On take-off lost power and was
> too far down R/W to stop, running off the end.

Put one in a museum and recycle the rest into canoes.
- A. Scott Crossfield (at an Airventure forum a few years ago when someone
asked him about warbirds).

[David Kinsell]

An HE-111, described as the last flying example, crashed in
Cheyenne WY on July 10. The unfortunate loss of the Firefly
in England is offset a bit by the complete restoration of another
ship that won awards at last year's Oshkosh. That was done
at a shop just south of Cheyenne in Fort Collins CO.



"Big John" > wrote in message ...
> This mornings 'rag' paper (Houston Chronicle) had an article headed:
>
> "PILOT CRASHES OLD MIG ON TAKEOFF"
>
> Pilot was flying to an Air Show at Bloomington, IN and stopped at
> Little Rock National Airport for fuel. On take-off lost power and was
> too far down R/W to stop, running off the end.
>
> quote
>
> "This is the last single seat Mig-15 in the United States". "he feared
> that the Mig may be a total loss".
>
> unquote
>
> So another old timer bites the dust. Was a old bird that went in a
> couple of weeks ago at English Air Show. If you believe the old saying
> that accidents happen in three's, we can look forward to another one
> shortly :o(
>
> Big John