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Title: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Arlo on July 25, 2021, 12:49:14 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7HTooDVkAEvkPj?format=jpg&name=small)

https://www.latestnewssouthafrica.com/2021/07/25/legendary-f-14-pilot-dale-snort-snodgrass-reportedly-dies/
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Arlo on July 25, 2021, 12:56:22 AM
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: oboe on July 25, 2021, 07:23:01 AM
R.I.P. Snort.    :salute
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Puma44 on July 25, 2021, 09:23:44 AM


“If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’!”
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Devil 505 on July 25, 2021, 09:48:58 AM
 :salute
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: JimmyD3 on July 25, 2021, 02:35:06 PM
 :salute
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: DmonSlyr on July 25, 2021, 04:30:24 PM
I actually happen to be building a Metal Earth F14 at the moment. One of my favorite birds.

In that light I will dedicate this build to him.

 :salute

“If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’!”

That was fun to listen to. Dale Earnhardt Jr said something very similar about future nascar racing a month ago. I like to call it, "unseen" advantages  :D
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Stalwart on July 27, 2021, 12:04:57 AM
 :salute    Dale "Snort" Snodgrass
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Stalwart on July 27, 2021, 12:11:52 AM
Tribute to Dale on Ward Carroll's YouTube channel:  https://youtu.be/_ofVWfxtR8k
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Wiley on July 27, 2021, 12:53:19 PM
“If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’!”

I've always subscribed as well to the theory if you find yourself in a fair fight you were inadequately prepared.

That story makes me wonder what his AH handle was.

RIP in any case.  :salute

Wiley.
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Puma44 on July 27, 2021, 01:17:26 PM
I've always subscribed as well to the theory if you find yourself in a fair fight you were inadequately prepared.

That story makes me wonder what his AH handle was.

RIP in any case.  :salute

Wiley.

No truer words ever spoken, Wiley.  If not unpredictable and coming from where the opponent doesn’t expect you, ya ain’t tryin’ hard enough. 
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Ripsnort on July 29, 2021, 11:56:41 AM
He was my friends neighbor in Idaho.
Dale had just returned from FL, picked up his recently overhauled Marchetti and was leaving the airport to land it on the runway he shares with my buddy.

Paul suspects it was heart attack or stroke on takeoff.



Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Tec on August 07, 2021, 12:00:38 PM


Paul suspects it was heart attack or stroke on takeoff.

There is video and audio of the incident that was just put up on youtube.  That doesn't seem to be the case unfortunately.
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: TequilaChaser on August 07, 2021, 02:18:00 PM
My friend  Ward Carroll on YouTube has posted about Snort

Ward and I served on  4 separate cruises together as we both were attached to CAWG 8 on both the Nimitz and then the Roosevelt...(hmm we actually had 3 on CVN68 then 2 on CVN71)

He has a lot of good old times  tells of flying different navy fighters
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Devil 505 on August 07, 2021, 02:46:13 PM
My friend  Ward Carroll on YouTube has posted about Snort

Ward and I served on  4 separate cruises together as we both were attached to CAWG 8 on both the Nimitz and then the Roosevelt...(hmm we actually had 3 on CVN68 then 2 on CVN71)

He has a lot of good old times  tells of flying different navy fighters

He also has written some damn good novels.
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: TequilaChaser on August 07, 2021, 03:11:25 PM
He also has written some damn good novels.

Yes he has, I am surprised I even posted that much about him, I am a person that keeps certain things and people I know and have known for years kinda to myself

He and I have discussed all my journals I kept and wrote down every evening what all the day consisted of... Ward has encouraged me several times to write a  book or 2 using my journals but I  haven't pulled them journals out and looked at them since 1990....been saving them for both of my daughters to do the authoring for me since they  both have already been published authors at their early 12 to 13 years of age and on since then...

All my published articles are within the DOD, EPA and DOE ..mostly dealing with Thermodynamics and nuclear physics and 1 off Custom Design Build HVAC and Refrigeration systems I did when I had locked in contracts with the  DOD and Navy and Army etc... also designed a few custom designs for a few casinos/ hotels in Vegas...my license covered the entire 50 states and Puerto Rico back then....

Is why I was refusing going on disability and pounding my fist on the Judge's desk telling them I didn't want it and didn't ask for it that I was being forced into disability by my doctors, neurologist and mental doctors....what bs...but  12 years later,  I'm still angry about it.......

Sorry for rambling...went off on a tangent,  heh

TC
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: Maverick on August 08, 2021, 09:51:49 AM
He was my friends neighbor in Idaho.
Dale had just returned from FL, picked up his recently overhauled Marchetti and was leaving the airport to land it on the runway he shares with my buddy.

Paul suspects it was heart attack or stroke on takeoff.

That would have been a kinder end than the youtube video implies. That also includes his last radio transmission which was the typical thing a pilot says when they make a mistake, the OH ****! The best bet is he forgot to remove the elevator lock. Video shows a very steep climb to stall then quick right wing over into the ground near vertical.
Title: Re: RIP Dale “Snort” Snodgrass
Post by: mikeWe9a on August 08, 2021, 05:28:42 PM
Along with taking off from a 3 point attitutde, there doesn't seem to be any indication that he ever did (or was able to) push the stick forward.  Is it standard in a STOL taildragger to take off like that or to fly the tail off first?

From the video's I've seen, it *should* be impossible to take off with the control lock engaged, as it seems to be designed such that it applies the brakes as well (carried over from the Cessna Bird Dog, from which the design was derived).  I have seen some speculation that the rear cockpit stick may have been tied off or restricted by the seatbelt.  It is apparently not uncommon for pilots to do this as an impromtu gust lock, but I'm unsure why it would be used in preference to the built in device.

Mike

Edit- the Blancolirio Youtube channel has an update on this today.  He talked to some owners of that model aircraft and the owners seem to believe that it is not actually possible for the rear seatbelt to reach the stick due to the way it is installed (the seatbelt "gust lock" was a generic light "stick" controlled aircraft thing apparently used in the Bird Dog).  It is also confirmed that it is pretty much impossible to taxi the aircraft with the gust lock engaged, as it locks the rudder in place as well.