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07-28-2007, 05:41 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Crash at Dayton Airshow This has not been a good week. Jim Leroy crashed while performing in his Bulldog Pitts at the Dayton airshow. He was airlifted to a local hospital. Prayers go out to him and his family. ENOUGH ALREADY!
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07-28-2007, 05:43 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC
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| Another shame...
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07-28-2007, 05:46 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
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| Not sound trite, but they say these things do happen in three. Maybe he's the last one. |
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07-28-2007, 05:47 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| Some of the news media are reporting that Jim has passed away.
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07-28-2007, 05:54 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| My god, what the hell is happening!
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07-28-2007, 08:47 PM
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| Older Than Dirt  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| This has definately not been a good week for warbirds..... or aviation in general. Could these people just be getting careless ? Charles
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07-29-2007, 12:36 AM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| In regards to the media helicopter pilots, possibly, but I doubt any warbird owner would be careless. They all know that they are flying 60+ year old planes. The minute you get lax with anything in them could be your last.
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07-29-2007, 12:37 AM
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| This is getting depressing with all these incidents, I hope the media is wrong in the report of his passing.
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07-29-2007, 01:13 AM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| Nope, it has been confirmed. Jim Leroy has died. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jim's family and friends. Godspeed and tail winds, Jim... 
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07-29-2007, 01:25 AM
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07-29-2007, 03:15 AM
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07-29-2007, 10:28 AM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| My prayers for him and his family.
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07-29-2007, 11:45 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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07-29-2007, 03:41 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Greenville, North Carolina
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| Bad Week for flying . . . We all know the poem ... the one about "reaching out to touch the face ..... " ... but the loss of another pilot and aircraft touches us all in different ways ... our hearts go to those that have experienced the loss personally ... I lost a cousin that was more of a brother than a cousin to a S2-B accident many years ago ... very much like the crash at Dayton yesterday ... we need to remember those families left behind . . . why it happened ? . . . the cause is unknown ... something broke .... a part failed ... pilot error ... either way we are one more less in our bortherhood .... know that where they are flying today ... they don't have to worry about the weather or the traffic anymore ...... the sky is blue and the clouds are soft as the feathers that are carrying them . . . Fly High .... Fly Far .... |
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07-30-2007, 02:01 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan
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| You were the best Jim.
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