 | Crash at Dayton Airshow| News Discuss Crash at Dayton Airshow in the News & Announcements :: READ forums; Nice tribute, Jim. I know many people that had met him and they all spoke very highly of him.... |
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07-30-2007, 12:46 PM
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#16 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Nice tribute, Jim. I know many people that had met him and they all spoke very highly of him.
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08-02-2007, 07:09 PM
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08-05-2007, 07:33 PM
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Country: | I've never met him but i've seen him perform live. I just got back from a wild fire so i've been isolated from the media for a little less then 3 weeks, so hearing that this happened when I was gone is sort of scary.
He was one of the best. 
pardon my ignorance but what where the other two incidents? | |
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08-05-2007, 08:49 PM
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Country: | These old warbirds can be unrealiable at times. Many pilots in WWII died from errors of the planes.
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08-05-2007, 10:23 PM
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#20 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | We also have to keep in mind that these are high performance aircraft that can be very unforgiving.
The other 2 events were the loss of a P-51 in Camarillo a few weeks back, killing the pilot. Then the same weekend as the Dayton crash, 2 P-51s came together during landing at OshKosh, killing one of the pilots. I believe the day of the crash at Osh was also the day that the 2 news choppers in Phoenix came together and killed 4. Thank god July is over...
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08-13-2007, 10:49 AM
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Country:  | I'm sure he was doing something he loved.
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09-02-2007, 11:38 PM
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Country: | Sad 2 more pilot die this weekend in Poland when their aircraft came together in midair.  | |
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09-29-2007, 01:06 PM
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Country: | I'm so sorry! I hope he will be alright! I give him my prayers!  | |
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08-03-2008, 03:22 AM
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Country:  | Poor guy. The aviation commuity has lost yet another highly respected member.
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08-03-2008, 07:13 PM
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Country: | Never met him, never seen him perform live....only seen him on TV. Still....as much as one ground-pounder can say, he was amazing! He will be missed, and my prayers go out to his family, and those of all the other pilots lost this past month.
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08-03-2008, 10:02 PM
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My condolences to his family
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08-04-2008, 01:25 PM
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Country:  | I never had the pleasure of meeting this gentleman or see him fly. But anyone flying warbirds etc. or are interested in them, is a friend mine nonetheless...farewell my friend!
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08-06-2008, 09:22 AM
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Country: | several of my cousins fly in the airforce and they send their sorrow..they knew him personally as a great flyer.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
— John Gillespie Magee, Jr
may he fly in heaven forever.
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