Greasy Rider wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:41:07 GMT,
(John S. Shinal) disturbed the
phosphur particles on my screen with the following:


Not a two seater, at any rate. From Oceana according to local
news. Kept burning for quite a while, despite being covered heavily in
foam.

I understand that the aircraft had just been refueled according to
WRAL-TV.

That's right. It was on its takeoff roll when, according to the press reports,
it lost power and the pilot punched out. I assume that he thought that he
wasn't going to be able to get airborne and he was out of room in which to bring
it to a halt on the ground when he decided to bail out. I guess we won't
actually know what happened until after the accident investigation board
finishes its work and publishes its findings.....probably a matter of months.