Jumbo Tanker Accident

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Does anyone have an update on this?

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_6382818?source=rss

"CAMARILLO - A pilot died this morning when he crashed his vintage P-51
Mustang into a field next to the Camarillo Airport, firefighters said."

Hey, all: If I ever die and the article about the crash includes the phrase
"his vintage P-51 Mustang", know that I have lived well.

-c
(Who cares if it's really -his- vintage Mustang? He's probably high-fiving
himself up there with Magee)

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:07:43 -0700, "Gatt"
wrote in :


"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
.. .

Does anyone have an update on this?

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_6382818?source=rss

"CAMARILLO - A pilot died this morning when he crashed his vintage P-51
Mustang into a field next to the Camarillo Airport, firefighters said."



P-51 OWNER KILLED IN FIRST NON-SUPERVISED FLIGHT
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#195640)
John McKittrick, 42, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., was killed Sunday
morning as he practiced takeoffs and landings on his own for the
first time in his vintage P-51D Mustang. McKittrick, an
experienced pilot, had been flying with an instructor and landed
at Camarillo Airport. The instructor had just gotten out of the
aircraft and told tower controllers that McKittrick would be
soloing the airplane and would stay in the pattern, an FAA
spokesman told the Ventura County Star

(http://www.venturacountystar.com/new...-plane-crash/).
According to the FAA

(http://www.venturacountystar.com/new...s-identified/),
the airplane bounced on landing, ran off the side of the runway
and flipped. The vintage Mustang broke apart in the accident, but
there was no post-crash fire.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#195640

This from the newspaper article:

"Worldwide, there are only about 40 P-51s still flying, and they can
sell for more than $1.5 million, deBree said"

Forty still flying? I'd says it's about 5 times that number, perhaps
a bit more.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:24:28 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote in .com:

This from the newspaper article:

"Worldwide, there are only about 40 P-51s still flying, and they can
sell for more than $1.5 million, deBree said"

Forty still flying? I'd says it's about 5 times that number, perhaps
a bit more.

Given:


http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinqu...0&cmndfind.y=0

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FAA Registry
Make / Model Inquiry Results

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Manufacturer Name Entered : None
Model Name Entered : P-51
Number of Records: 112 (Page 1 of 3)

What percentage of the registered P-51s do you figure are airworthy?