"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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Patrick R7 wrote in
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it's just before accident. Red vertical stabilizer is Joe Walker's F-104



Why did the flight require "chase planes" - and
five of them, at that............

It didn't. It was a promotional phot op for GE. They provided engines for
all of the aircraft in the formation as I recall. I read about this a while
back so my memory may be faulty.

Nick