[DeTomaso] Reno Air Race

MikeLDrew at aol.com MikeLDrew at aol.com
Fri Sep 16 21:45:42 EDT 2011


In a message dated 9/16/11 18 29 32, julian_kift at hotmail.com writes:


> There is video on YouTube for the morbidly inquisitive.... 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCNePeKn3Tg
> 

A much more detailed video is here, which clearly shows the flight path 
from the start of the incident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzX35wOGas

Crash takes places at 50 seconds in.   

The pilot of the airplane in question was 80 (!) years old.   My initial 
thought was that he simply had a heart attack or something, collapsed, and 
pulled back and to the right on the stick as he collapsed.   The witness report 
of a trim tab popping off would seem to discredit that theory however.

Man, this sucks. :<(

Mike


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