On Jul 27, 6:41 pm, "Gattman" wrote:
http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/story...5fd653-6d41-46...

I was at the ultralight barn looking over my new student sport pilot
liscence at about 3pm waiting for the big warbird show that day.

I didnt get to see the very first part of the crash, nor have i looked
for any videos or pictures(yet, on dialup) but i'll give some
firsthand comments.

my view was partly obscurred by some of the ultralight tents, but i
either heard a bang, or saw a flash of color out of the corner of my
eye, and saw the first p51 come into view already in the nosedown
orientation. I saw only part of the green one, but did get a view of
the "fireball" some news agencies mention. those guys must race as
light as they can, because the flareup from when the tank broke off
lasted less than a 1/5th of a second.

really wasnt much to see. plane went up, flipped over, and smacked
into the ground, on impact the tank flared and the engine fell off,
other plane was already nosedown and skidded for a while. about a
minute afterward the pilot opened the cockpit and ran, I assume to
lend assistance. cars raced in, then big trucks, which then blocked
the view from the airshow audience. airshow announced a complete shut
down, but after about two hours they started up a couple of the
acts(not the big warbird one.) at the end they detoanted alll the pyro
as they could not let it sit.

from what i could see, the green p51 got it's wingtip under the tail
of the other, tried to pull up, and all went snafu. I do remember
there being some squirelly ground winds, as i was keeping an eye out
for weather, had a bad rainstorm previous days and was still drying
out one sleeping bag.