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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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« on: July 27, 2007, 05:44:06 PM »
Fox News reports two P-51's collided while landing, and at least one pilot confirmed dead.
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2007, 05:46:42 PM »
That sucks.
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2007, 05:51:34 PM »
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=6851412

Pilot Killed in Runway Collision at EAA AirVenture

July 27, 2007 05:22 PM CDT

 
 
 
One pilot is dead after two planes collided on a runway at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, the EAA confirmed.

The EAA said two World War Two-era P-51 Mustangs were landing after performing in the Warbirds air show when they crashed on the north-south runaway around 3:15 P.M. Friday.

The condition of the other pilot is unknown, but we do know he was able to get out of the plane.

Nothing about the pilots is being made public yet, including their names or hometowns.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are on the scene.

The EAA AirVenture air show was postponed but not canceled, EAA media headquarters said.
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2007, 06:03:17 PM »
Damn.  :(

RIP to the deceased, I hope the other pilot recovers soon and fully.

Thoughts and prayers for the families.
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2007, 06:20:40 PM »
I just received a phone call about this, apparently the pilots were Hans Schmid flying the B model and Bob Odegard's son flying the D model.  

Apparently the D model landed first, and the B came in after and was a bit too fast, and chopped off the horizontal and some of the tail.  Before he hit though, the B model apparently tried to throttle up to avoid the crash, and inadvertantly tourque rolled.  Mr. Schmid was sadly killed in the accident and Bob's son banged his head up on the panel apparently.

My condolences to the Schmid family.      :(
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2007, 07:09:14 PM »
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2007, 07:32:47 PM »
A picture of the crash is on the main page at Fox News right now. It's heart breaking.
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2007, 07:32:50 PM »
He died doing what he loved.

What a loss.
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2007, 09:43:49 PM »
Oh no no no this is terrible. Prayer to the families.

On another note, I HATE FOX NEWS.  'Death on the runway'? C'mon.
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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2007, 10:23:36 PM »
Wow, looks like an awful accident, definitely not what you want to see at an airshow. My sincere condolences to the Schmid family.

On another note, I didn't actually know that any P-51Bs were flying in the USA.

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« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2007, 07:12:58 AM »
The pilot who died was Gerry Beck , he was in his new build P51-A :(
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« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2007, 07:43:38 AM »
And yesterday 4 people died in 2 news helicopters that crashed when they were following a carchase in Arizona. One guy died in a housefire somewere in norway too, and a couple in a carcrash.
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« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2007, 07:44:31 AM »
I know Gerry Beck.  He was incredibly creative.  A genius in his own right in my opinion.  Very unfortunate and a great loss to the aviation community.
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« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2007, 09:57:57 AM »
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And yesterday 4 people died in 2 news helicopters that crashed when they were following a carchase in Arizona. One guy died in a housefire somewere in norway too, and a couple in a carcrash.


Saw that.

Im still trying to figure out why so many news choppers were following a car chase?  I guess what's "news" in other parts of the country is pretty unique.  Sad to see that so many died covering something so insignificant.
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2007, 09:31:19 PM »
aero-news.net has the video of the crash, and a statement by the guy who runs the site.
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