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Old August 2nd 07, 05:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Paul Dow (Remove CAPS in address)
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Default I was there, was Mustang Collision Oshkosh

I was down there too near taxiway P5. I was taking pictures of the race,
but it appears I don't know how to work the shutter speed priority of
the camera. I got a lot of white .jpg files in between real photos and
video clips.

It looked to me like there was no evasive maneuvering before the impact.
As I saw them coming in, I was thinking they were close, but there must
be enough left-to-right spacing. I was wrong. I still can't figure out
why they were oriented with the front plane landing first. I think Jerry
may have lost sight of the front plane. When the plane flipped over it
hit quite hard, so it looked bad right from the beginning.

Paul

Tater wrote:
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.