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P51 crash in Idao
« on: December 21, 2006, 07:25:50 PM »
I'm in Idao falls airport and the word is a P51 crashed NE on a highway. The pilot survived with a minor hand injury, but "pieces of planes" litter the highway.

Looking for more infos, if anyone finds a website.
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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2006, 07:32:48 PM »
http://www.localnews8.com/news/local/4983986.html

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WWII Plane Crashes in Rexburg
A P-51 Mustang has crashed on US Highway 20 near the middle Rexburg exit.

An eyewitness tells Local News 8 the plane is upside down and fluid is pouring out of the plane.

The pilot, John Bagley, is reported to be OK. He refused to go the hospital with minor scrapes and bruises.

Traffic is being rerouted through the exit. It's not sure when the road will be opened, because they're waiting for FAA investigators.

Bagley runs the Legacy Flight Museum, located at the Rexburg Airport.

Story Created: Dec 21, 2006 at 5:33 PM MST

Story Updated: Dec 21, 2006 at 6:15 PM MST


The plane looks rather messed up, the pilot is lucky to have made it out with only slight injuries. The cockpit area looks to be pretty much intact, even the canopy, but everything else is quite much a total loss.
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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2006, 08:16:26 PM »
Aw that will buff out......


Seriously I am glad the pilot made it out pretty lightly injured. The plane, even in it's current state can be repaired. Sounds like the usual reporter fluff brain couldn't get the story straight but the gist is that he's flying a new engine and it quit on him during touch and goes. Good move to set it down with no injuries or damage to anyone else. to the pilot.
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« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2006, 08:21:55 PM »
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http://www.localnews8.com/news/local/4983986.html



The plane looks rather messed up, the pilot is lucky to have made it out with only slight injuries. The cockpit area looks to be pretty much intact, even the canopy, but everything else is quite much a total loss.



That reporter is a hottie!
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2006, 08:25:36 PM »
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Aw that will buff out......


Seriously I am glad the pilot made it out pretty lightly injured. The plane, even in it's current state can be repaired. Sounds like the usual reporter fluff brain couldn't get the story straight but the gist is that he's flying a new engine and it quit on him during touch and goes. Good move to set it down with no injuries or damage to anyone else. to the pilot.


What are you talking about? She clearly stated that the engine of the V-51  just let go during stop and goes.  :lol
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2006, 08:26:27 PM »
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That reporter is a hottie!


Dude...get your glasses checked.

:rofl
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2006, 08:30:02 PM »
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Dude...get your glasses checked.

:rofl


Dude, did you see the pic of the reporter? Not talking about the fat cow ancor.
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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2006, 08:32:40 PM »
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Dude, did you see the pic of the reporter? Not talking about the fat cow ancor.


I was HOPING you weren't talking about the anchor :eek:

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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2006, 08:34:35 PM »
Yes I did.  I guess I'm just used to the actually hotties we have here in Houston.

Lauren Freeman, Jennifer Reyna, Dominique Sachse, Lisa Foronda...
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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2006, 08:36:54 PM »
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Yes I did.  I guess I'm just used to the actually hotties we have here in Houston.

Lauren Freeman, Jennifer Reyna, Dominique Sachse, Lisa Foronda...


Im just used to the Arizona hotties I guess. Like the ones around ASU and in Scottsdale.
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« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2006, 08:40:28 PM »
that will be a major rebuild.  dude is lucky to walk away from that.
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« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2006, 08:42:46 PM »
Isn't it interesting how a post about a plane crash, a WWII museum piece at that, denegrates into a discussion about "hotties"?

I take partial blame for having added to that. It sure seems dificult to stay on topic in most posts, doesn't it?

Your mileage may vary though.

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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2006, 08:44:18 PM »
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Isn't it interesting how a post about a plane crash, a WWII museum piece at that, denegrates into a discussion about "hotties"?

I take partial blame for having added to that. It sure seems dificult to stay on topic in most posts, doesn't it?

Your mileage may vary though.

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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2006, 08:46:37 PM »
Yeah true, sorry about the hijack.

Glad the pilot is ok though.  It's amazing to me what the difference between "repairable" and "write off" is.
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« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2006, 08:52:43 PM »
I think I may have read somewhere that the cockpit of the P51 was rated to withstand a 50G impact.
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