Planebeach

Hi, here are some pictures of the crash at Oshkosh 1999. 2 Bearcats was on the middel of the runway, when 2 Corsairs began their takoff roll. One of the Corsairs hit the wing of one of the bearcats, ond he rolled over in flames(pilot survived).[img][/img] Does anyone have vids of this?

Falcon Jet

Saw this on the news when it happened. I feel sad when we lose an old warbird to mechanical problems, but when we lose one due to stupidity, like what happened here, it really ticks me off. Sorry, don't know where you can find the video, but I'll tell you, it wasn't pretty!

Chris.

daveopam

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I'm with you Chris. I hate to see an old warbird lost. Of course the pilot surviving is the best news. This is a little off subject.......but..... I will never buy Gieco car insurance. Was it really necessary to roll a 1968 Camero rag top over a cliff to make a commercial.

David

Planebeach

I have a small video of this, but its very short.

The fault here was the air boss(controller). The to bearcats began their takeoff roll, when Howard Parude's bearcat experienced some engine problems. They then stopped on the runway, and he began testing the engine. The air boss then gave Navy Flight go for takeoff, the 2 Corsairs at the end of the runway then began their takeoff roll. Just a few hundred feet from the Bearcats the pilots of the Corsairs saw the other planes on the runway, they then tried to get around them. One of them did, but the second Corsair clipped the wing of the Bearcat and rolled over in flames.

Just 5 minutes before I was out on the runway where the crash happened, i was working as a volunteer at Fly-By Operations. And saw the hole ting, I will never forget that metal sound when those wings hit.

I just hate when rare warbirds go down.

I have seen several crashes at Oshkosh, most where IDIOTS. Like one who landed between the runways, he thought that it was a grass runway when there are 2 taxiways and one huge runway.

Arthur_GA

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Where's the video??

Planebeach

On one of my VHS tapes (I have over 100 tapes) dont remember witch

jtm7699

i have a 50 second windows media file, but no place to post it for you. Dont remeber where i got it from, and the video is not that great a quality.

Planebeach

I now found the tape, I just have to borrow a video camera. So with inn a week I can post the tape.

hattend

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The Bearcat was Howard Pardue's Reno racer. It has been repaired and can't wait to see it this year at Reno (I built a Royal Bearcat and finished it as Mr. Pardue's plane)

Don

hell sucks less

You people are retarded. You all think that because you play with toy airplanes that you know about a real aircraft.

darryl123

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hell sucks less
if you cant add anything but ignorant comments that show your ignorance you need to keep your childish comments to yourself.

hell sucks less

Darryl's kid looks like a TROLL

daveopam

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Once upon a time I thought (Awaiting approval) was a bad thing. Now I see it also has some great benefits.

david

hell sucks less

Dave is another one of you fake pilot's that talks out his ass.

hell sucks less

Dave I hope you get hit in the face by some turbine powered jet at full throttledooing a low pass. Please die soon.

Falcon Jet

I must have missed something........

hattend

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You're not alone.
Don.

William Robison

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I think he says "Hell sucks Less" to make the point that he sucks more than any other person or thing.

Bill.

darryl123

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there was a jerk with the name hell sucks less making some stupid remarks, the mods got rid of him fast, so my post doesnt make any sense now, his stupid remarks are gone.
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P-51B

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There was a link to a video of this crash in this thread;

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_14...tm.htm#1462344

But it doesn't seem to be working for me now.

Falcon Jet

Good for the mods then!