Ultimate Biplane crash in Ossipee. NH (N38PC)

LD Jeffries lost his biplane on Saturday, but
jumped in time to save his life.

Superb post-crash interview he

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html

The aircraft was a 10-200 Ultimate Biplane
built by Richard Brand in 1993. Everyone
who saw it said it was a beautiful aircraft.

Marty
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:53:10 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote:

LD Jeffries lost his biplane on Saturday, but
jumped in time to save his life.

Superb post-crash interview he

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html

Well... describing him as "a former paramilitary" is probably a tad off.

"paramilitaries can include...Illegal forces which consider themselves military
but which governments consider terrorist." (Wikipedia)

From the description, the guy sounds like ex-Pararescue....quite a bit different

I also enjoyed the FAA's description of this accident:

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!

Ron Wanttaja

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:07:48 -0800, Ron Wanttaja wrote in
:

Superb post-crash interview he

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html

Well... describing him as "a former paramilitary" is probably a tad off.

"paramilitaries can include...Illegal forces which consider themselves military
but which governments consider terrorist." (Wikipedia)

From the description, the guy sounds like ex-Pararescue....quite a bit different

Yes. He used the right word in the 11-minute, uncut
interview that is available from the link above. He
was also in the military.

I've done a summary of that interview he

http://moleski.net/ULTBIPE/n38pc.htm

I also enjoyed the FAA's description of this accident:

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!

He's pretty clear in the interview that he released
the canopy, which blew away quickly, then his harness,
and was pretty much thrown from the plane without
further ado.

No ejection seat was involved, of course. )

Marty
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Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:53:10 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote:

LD Jeffries lost his biplane on Saturday, but
jumped in time to save his life.

Superb post-crash interview he

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html

Well... describing him as "a former paramilitary" is probably a tad off.

"paramilitaries can include...Illegal forces which consider themselves military
but which governments consider terrorist." (Wikipedia)

From the description, the guy sounds like ex-Pararescue....quite a bit different

I also enjoyed the FAA's description of this accident:

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!

Did you check his skivvies. :-)

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!
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Possible.

We'll need to examine the condition of his trousers to know for sure.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:32:24 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:07:48 -0800, Ron Wanttaja wrote in
:

Superb post-crash interview he

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html

Well... describing him as "a former paramilitary" is probably a tad off.

"paramilitaries can include...Illegal forces which consider themselves military
but which governments consider terrorist." (Wikipedia)

From the description, the guy sounds like ex-Pararescue....quite a bit different

Yes. He used the right word in the 11-minute, uncut
interview that is available from the link above. He
was also in the military.

I've done a summary of that interview he

http://moleski.net/ULTBIPE/n38pc.htm

I also enjoyed the FAA's description of this accident:

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!

He's pretty clear in the interview that he released
the canopy, which blew away quickly, then his harness,
and was pretty much thrown from the plane without
further ado.

No ejection seat was involved, of course. )

Marty


He made a comment about probably giving a bottle of booze to the
rigger.

That is an old custom in the Military. After I ejected (in an ejection
seat) and the chute saved my ass, when I returned to Home Plate I went
to the Parachute shop and found the guy who had packed my chute and
gave him a bottle of good booze and my thanks.

Told him how good a job he did and to keep up the good work.

Big John

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:28:43 -0600, Big John wrote in :

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html

He made a comment about probably giving a bottle of booze to the
rigger.

That is an old custom in the Military. After I ejected (in an ejection
seat) and the chute saved my ass, when I returned to Home Plate I went
to the Parachute shop and found the guy who had packed my chute and
gave him a bottle of good booze and my thanks.

Told him how good a job he did and to keep up the good work.

It's a splendid tradition.

I wonder whether the folks who use Ballistic Recovery Systems
do the same nowadays? )

Marty
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Martin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:

I wonder whether the folks who use Ballistic Recovery Systems
do the same nowadays? )

Marty

Probably gift some booze and a pack of bottle rockets.

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"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ...

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!

Ron Wanttaja

Maybe should say 'was ejected'...

"Richard Riley" wrote

WAS
THE PILOT EJECTED
^
In as much as the driver of a car can be thrown out of a rolling wrecked
car, and be reported as ejected, the same musta' happened for this pilot,
but obviously without an ejection seat.

So, from our point of view, it is an inaccurate description, but it would be
totally accurate to the majority of the public.
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Jim in NC