Author Topic: Air show tragedy - (Read 2520 times)

Paxil · « **on:** July 16, 2006, 06:52:56 PM »

Went to the Oregon Airshow yesterday... I live less than 1 mile from Hillsboro Airport, wonderful day with my two boys... today and the way back from a trip to my sisters as we neared the airport... huge puff of black smoke shoots into the air (airshow is on today too)... (less then 15 minutes ago this happened) Very bad sign... appears that buildings on the ground are involved... I had to drive around area of the crash but it is surrounded by business and houses/apartments.

I flipped on the airshow radio and they said it was a Hawker Hunter that went down. My prayers to the pilot and the people on the ground. I will share more news when I hear it.

SLCR · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:06:21 PM »

I just got back from the airshow also. Went back to my friends house off 185th which is a mile from the crash site. Looks like, according to the news, it took out a couple homes. Haven't heard of casualties except for the pilot.

-SLICER

Pooh21 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:09:49 PM »

I was gonna go there today,but got up too late.

hope noone on the ground died too.

Maverick · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:09:50 PM »

Nothing on news here, please keep posting notices about it.

Paxil · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:15:15 PM »

Residential area for sure from shots on TV. Like SLCR mentioned... looks like a few homes involved. I have always kept it in the back of mind being so dang close to the airfield that someday something bad would happen around here. The area of the crash is less than 1 mile from my house.

Paxil · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:19:13 PM »

TV is saying 3 homes hit... 2 on fire. No word on the residents.

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:25:08 PM »

Damn.

Paxil · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:29:20 PM »

Some kids selling raffle tickets knocked on the door of the house that took the main hit a minute before the plane hit it, and no one answered.

Meatwad · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:31:53 PM »

Wow thats scary, luckily the kids werent running a minute behind....

Paxil · « **Reply #9 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:35:06 PM »

Reports are the home owner arrived 5 minutes after the crash.

SLCR · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:43:01 PM »

link:

plane crash news

Paxil · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:13:00 PM »

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/16/oregon.plane.crash.ap/index.html

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:18:37 PM »

Man, three houses destroyed! Those peoples days sure were ruined

As for the pilot, of course its sad that he died. But he was a lucky bastage just for getting to be an airshow pilot, you can bet he went out doing something he enjoyed.

Kurt · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:48:39 PM »

Nothing will stick a knife in your heart like watching something like that happen. I saw something similar in 2001 at point Mugu NAS.

Thoughts and Prayers to those involved...

WilldCrd · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:49:09 PM »

unless i missed it I didnt see any reports on wether the pilot got out or not.
anybody else have any info ?