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http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...planecrash.wmv
This one was just sent to me without any background info. It shows a beautiful P-38 Lightning, painted in D-Day invasion stripes, doing barrel rolls right into the ground at airshow center. Judging by the hair styles, I'm guessing this happened in the 1980s? There are a fair number of parked warbirds, but also some GA planes... Was it pilot error, or was there a mechanical failure? Where did this happen? Can anyone point to the NTSB report? Thanks, -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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![]() "Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...planecrash.wmv This one was just sent to me without any background info. It shows a beautiful P-38 Lightning, painted in D-Day invasion stripes, doing barrel rolls right into the ground at airshow center. Judging by the hair styles, I'm guessing this happened in the 1980s? There are a fair number of parked warbirds, but also some GA planes... Was it pilot error, or was there a mechanical failure? Where did this happen? Can anyone point to the NTSB report? Thanks, -- Jay Honeck Damn that sucks. I would hate to be witness to something like that. -------------------------------------- DW |
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In article .com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...planecrash.wmv This one was just sent to me without any background info. It shows a beautiful P-38 Lightning, painted in D-Day invasion stripes, doing barrel rolls right into the ground at airshow center. Judging by the hair styles, I'm guessing this happened in the 1980s? There are a fair number of parked warbirds, but also some GA planes... Jeff Ethel in Tillamook , Oregon. |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...planecrash.wmv This one was just sent to me without any background info. It shows a beautiful P-38 Lightning, painted in D-Day invasion stripes, doing barrel rolls right into the ground at airshow center. Judging by the hair styles, I'm guessing this happened in the 1980s? There are a fair number of parked warbirds, but also some GA planes... Was it pilot error, or was there a mechanical failure? Where did this happen? Can anyone point to the NTSB report? Probably this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1367462.stm 14 July 1996: Decorated former RAF squadron leader and Britannia Airways pilot Michael "Hoof" Proudfoot dies as his Lockheed P38 Lightning cartwheels and bursts into flames. The 54-year-old had been on a low-level flypast in the vintage US World War Two plane in front of 13,000 people at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/895693/L/ Lockheed P-38J Lightning NX3145 / 67543 Unfortunately lost in a crash at Duxford 16 July 1996 - J.O.- |
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john smith wrote:
In article .com, "Jay Honeck" wrote: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...planecrash.wmv This one was just sent to me without any background info. It shows a beautiful P-38 Lightning, painted in D-Day invasion stripes, doing barrel rolls right into the ground at airshow center. Judging by the hair styles, I'm guessing this happened in the 1980s? There are a fair number of parked warbirds, but also some GA planes... Jeff Ethel in Tillamook , Oregon. Jeff Ethell crashed in the woods a few miles from the Tillamook airport, not in front of a crowd. http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id...08X08240&key=1 - J.O.- |
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john smith wrote:
Jeff Ethel in Tillamook , Oregon. From what I read about that accident, Ethel mishandled the fuel and both engines quit on him. According to the NTSB report, the aircraft was intact enough to determine the position of the fuel selectors and condition of the engines. Doesn't sound like this crash at all. http://home.worldonline.dk/winthrop/ethel1.html George Patterson Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your slightly older self. |
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I do not see any British marked aircraft in the footage... Could be
happenstance, or may not be the accident in England.. denny |
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![]() Denny wrote: I do not see any British marked aircraft in the footage... Could be happenstance, or may not be the accident in England.. denny With many thanks to Dave Martin, it was, indeed, the Duxford crash. Here is the report on the accident: http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/...eed_501731.cfm Very sad. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay;
I haven't looked at the film as I'm home with a dial up, but it sounds like it was Hoof proudfoot's accident out of a second attempted roll during a show in the UK. The accident investigation team attributed the probable cause to a foul up between the yoke (the 38 has a yoke not a stick) and a kneeboard Hoof was wearing on his left knee at the time. Hoof was a very good demonstration pilot. he worked with Ray and Mark Hanna on "Piece of Cake" and numerous other movies and had done demonstration flying for years. Dudley "Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...planecrash.wmv This one was just sent to me without any background info. It shows a beautiful P-38 Lightning, painted in D-Day invasion stripes, doing barrel rolls right into the ground at airshow center. Judging by the hair styles, I'm guessing this happened in the 1980s? There are a fair number of parked warbirds, but also some GA planes... Was it pilot error, or was there a mechanical failure? Where did this happen? Can anyone point to the NTSB report? Thanks, -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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The accident investigation team attributed the probable
cause to a foul up between the yoke (the 38 has a yoke not a stick) and a kneeboard Hoof was wearing on his left knee at the time. Shame... |
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