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![]() "Roger" wrote in message ... Likewise back in the 60's there was a "Flying Farmers" fly-in at Midland's Barstow airport (3BS). The airport was basically covered with airplanes. I witnessed two planes, the classic landing one on top of the other. I no longer remember the top one but the bottom was a Piper Cub. The top plane's mains rolled right over the Cub's wings almost from trailing edge to leading edge forcing the Cub down. Of course at this time the pilot on top realized something was wrong and pulled up. The Cub nosed down and rolled 90 degrees, but recovered almost immediately. His right wing tip was only inches off the ground with people scattering to get out of the way. No injuries and no damage except to maybe a few pair of shorts. The other definition of an "accident". Of course this doesn't count as both were tube and fabric rather than metal. :-)) BTW the Beech factory had a Debonair there as a demonstration plane. I took one look and said, "I'm going to have one of those some day!". Little did I know it'd be that same airplane about 37 years later. "It's deja vu all over again" - Yogi Berra |
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