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Old July 28th 07, 01:23 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Death at Oshkosh, sad to report

Yesterday I posted pictures of unlimited air racers at Oshkosh. Today
they had another race, but as the planes were landing, the two
Mustangs I posted pictures of (Precious Metal--green-winged-- and
Stang-blue and yellow) yesterday got into it as they were landing. I
didn't witness the accident, but it was not far from the approach end
of 36. Witnesses told me that Precious Metal ran into Stang, and
Stang went over on its nose and slid down and then off the runway.
Meanwhile, Precious Metal flipped over and there was an explosion and
fire lasting about 30 seconds. It seems Precious Metal's pilot is
dead (the owner is listed as Ron Buccarelli, but I don't know if he
was the pilot), but witnesses saw the other pilot running from Stang
and the TV news said he had non-serious injuries (Stang is owned by
Bob Odegaard, but someone said his son was flying Stang while Bob was
in his Super Corsair).

The warbird show was cancelled for the day, but oddly enough, the
person in charge of the pyro said it had to be exploded today and they
were talking about doing it at the end of the truncated airshow. I
don't know if the Raptors flew--I was too depressed and just left.

Anyway, yEnc'ed pictures to follow.
 




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