RIP Elmer Ward

[evangilder]

I read on the AAFO Hangar Talk board that Elmer Ward has passed away. Most everyone who has been to Chino will remember him, and his most noticeable airplane, the P-51 "Man O War"

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showt...ght=elmer+ward



Rest well, Elmer, and thanks for all the great memories.

[Gnomey]

[Erich]

yes think I saw him at Chino as well a number of years ago in October.....

sad loss

[reddragon]

Sorry to hear of the loss but the plane is a beauty!

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[Wildcat]

[v2]

[FLYBOYJ]

[ccheese]

Charles

[plan_D]

I would like to announce another loss, but it isn't allowing me to start a new thread. We lost a Hurricane at the Shoreham Air Show with the pilot, Brian Brown from Doncaster. The aircraft had been 'scrambled' to intercept two Bf 109s in a mock fight. It then split from formation and dived into a hill, investigations are going on.

In Britain we've lost 8 pilots in 17 years in vintage aircraft; the last incident was 2003 when two Royal Navy crew were killed when their Firefly crashed at Duxford.

Pilot dies in Hurricane crash at show | the Daily Mail

We've got a bigger article in the local newspaper...as I live in Doncaster. But I can't find it on the net.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

[Micdrow]

[B-17engineer]

THat stinks a lot of times the planes capabilities arent as good as they were 60 yrs ago........Sad

[Wurger]

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