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Old 04-01-2008 | 06:21 PM
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JCINTEXAS
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From: Smithville, TX
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I had a Bob Smith T2-A back around 1975. I put an Air Force Thunderbird paint scheme on it with K&B Superpoxy. Snoopy with googles and flying helmet was in the front seat under the canopy....Woodstock was in the back seat. Kraft electric retracts and a Webra Speed 61. I finished the paint job just in time to get some pictures of my T2-A with the Thunderbirds. They were flying the Northrup T-38 Talon at that time. They were at Reese AFB in Lubbock, TX for the annual base open house and airshow. The T2-A flew great, like it was "on rails" for the short time I had it. Unfortunately the plane didn't last too long. I was flying from a short field and slowed it down too much on the base leg. When I started to turn final, I stalled it....left wing dropped and it went in nose first. Snoopy and Woodstock didn't have time to eject., The fibreglass was a mess. The crash was stricly my own fault.
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JC