BTW, the Pilot who flew our Potez replica for the movie was Tom
Danaher, from Wichita Falls, TX. He was then 73 years old and a
WWII Ace (Pacific). Remarkable feat considering his age, an open
cockpit, the altitude and winter in the Canadian Rockies
(passing for the Chilean Andes)... Tom had done quite a bit of
hairy movie flying though, like in "Air America" or
"Cliffhanger"... He used to earn a living ferrying Air Tractors
and Ag-Cats (crop-dusters) from Texas and across the Atlantic to
Europe, with the extra fuel supply in the hamper in front!
Antoine Compin
1943 Willys MB & '44 MBT
1942 Harley WLA
1942 Harley XA
MVPA 14803 - MVCG (France)
http://www.freehomepages.com/antoine
----- Original Message -----
From: bdk <bdk@geocities.com>
To: MV LIST <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 5:35 PM
Subject: [MV] Oshkosh MV Crash...
> From: http://www.avweb.com/oshkosh/osh99/day2/oshwire.html
> --------------------------------------------------------------
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> Warbirds Collide
>
> Corsair Pilot Critical
>
> EAA AirVenture officials do what they can to make their event
safe, then
> cross their fingers and pray for luck. That luck ran low
Thursday
> afternoon as the warbirds were taking to the air for the daily
airshow.
> As a formation of Bearcats and Corsairs started their takeoff
roll,
> something went terribly wrong. Thousands of airshow fans
watched in
> horror as one of the F-4U Corsairs, piloted by 56-year-old
Laird Doctor
> of Dallas, Texas, collided with a Bearcat fighter flown by
Howard
> Pardue, of Breckinridge, Texas.
>
SNIP....
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