Homebuilt down Friday, one fatality near, Santa Paula, CA

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 04:08:04 GMT
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On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 19:08:06 -0800, "R. Hubbell"
wrote:

:Homebuilt down Friday, one fatality near, Santa Paula, CA
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:I saw a picture of the plane in the dry river bed, inverted, according to the
:newscast the pilot died in the plane after his attempt to land didn't work out.
:Looked like the nose went in and the plane flipped right over forward. They
:said it was a homebuilt. I couldn't tell what it was. It was a high-wing.
:The pilot was ~80 years old. Condolences to family and friends.
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:
oes anyone know more about this?

It was Russ Cathaway, he was 85. It was an RV-6A. Russ was a retired

Well I was wrong about it being a high-wing. The plane was immaculate
according to a report I read.

Skunkworks engineer. Here's a link to a story that touched on him
working on the F-104
http://home.socal.rr.com/elliottbe/altitude1.htm

He also designed and built "El Bandito" (also called the Frenzel
Special) back in the early 60's

http://www.hacker-model.cz/scale35/bandit.htm




Sounds like he led an interesting life.


R. Hubbell