Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Karnak on September 08, 2012, 06:53:26 PM
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/ND-pilot-killed-while-practicing-for-air-show-3849602.php
Sounds like he was trying to get out of it as it went down.
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Tragic. I think met and talked to him about that super corsair at an air show once. He was a real down to earth approachable guy.
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Tragic. I think met and talked to him about that super corsair at an air show once. He was a real down to earth approachable guy.
that seems to be how a lot of these guys were/are.
i remember one year at kissimmee airport, at stallion 51's hangar. i went up to a guy with one of the company shirts on, and asked if he minded if i climbed up on one of the ponys. he said that one isn't mine...it's his....and pointed at this older dude. i asked him, and he glanced at me, and said "sure...just be careful". friggin guy didn't even bat an eyelash at letting some tall skinny geek climb up on his million dollar airplane.
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Deleted due to the two-sided nature of the comment made in innocence.
My apologies and condolences. :salute
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Ironic eh?
If you were trying to be funny, you failed.
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If you were trying to be funny, you failed.
No I was not trying to allude to his death. More to how he as a pilot always strived to be off the ground. Upon second thought I should have explained that in the first post.
I apologize for my rudeness. :salute :pray
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Barrel roll and plowed into the ground and he was trying to get out... Sounds like maybe he forgot to strap in. Wouldn't be the first person to do that. As a dumb young Lt I tried to fly a combat mission in Iraq with my chute straps disconnected, luckily my flight lead saw the buckles hanging loose and told me to quit being an idiot and strap in.
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Ironic eh?
A quality individual dies and this is all you got?
You should feel ashamed.
Prayers to his family and friends. A really nice individual....
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No I was not trying to allude to his death. More to how he as a pilot always strived to be off the ground. Upon second thought I should have explained that in the first post.
I apologize for my rudeness. :salute :pray
Nevermind... I see you do have a better head on your shoulders than that.
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Edit: Nothing to see here, move along.
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Oh my god...I just watched him fly a few weeks ago. He is a pilot with the Texas Flying Legends, who are based just 30 miles away from my home airport in the summer time. I just flew down there last weekend and saw them working on the aircraft...extremely sad.
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I just sent Rob's son an email. Wow...what a shame.
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Always sad to hear things like this. These individuals bring much to many and always leave a gap when they are gone. I'm sure if he had to choose a way out, this would have probably been one of them. :salute
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BigRat
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I'm sure if he had to choose a way out, this would have probably been one of them.
Not very likely. Bob obviously loved airplanes, in particular the Corsairs. Why would he want to be remembered for dying in the airplane he loved? It's bad PR for the airplane and bad PR for him.
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Very sad.
Bob was a very nice man to work with.
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Deleted due to the two-sided nature of the comment made in innocence.
My apologies and condolences. :salute
I cannot believe you typed that.
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Not very likely. Bob obviously loved airplanes, in particular the Corsairs. Why would he want to be remembered for dying in the airplane he loved? It's bad PR for the airplane and bad PR for him.
Depends, Getting killed racing one of my vettes, would be one of the ways I would rather go. Far better then some sort of disease, or traffic accident. At least I went out doing something I enjoyed. I don't consider it bad PR for either him or the plane. If you race enough you'll break something, no matter how carefull or good you are. Racing or stunt flying is pushing the limits. If you're lucky nothing really bad happens when it goes bad, unlucky, then something like this happens.
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BigRat
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I love flying/airplanes but I would certainly not love to get killed doing it.
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"Bob Odegaard once told his family that if he ever died in a plane crash, we shouldn't say it was fitting that he died doing something that he loved. Bob said: "Sure, I love flying,but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have loved crashing"
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