Death at Oshkosh, sad to report

I don't think you are correct in the ID of the second, fatal, aircraft and
pilot. It is best not to post names, etc. in public newsgroups until the
details are certain. You may have caused grief for those not injured by your
post. I know a number of the folks involved, including Ron, who I don't
think was involved in any way, from what I'm getting. I'm a warbird pilot,
too, and many of these folks are friends or aquaintances.. My 2 cents.

Randy

"Just Plane Noise" wrote in message
...
Yesterday I posted pictures of unlimited air racers at Oshkosh. Today
they had another race, but as the planes were landing, the two
Mustangs I posted pictures of (Precious Metal--green-winged-- and
Stang-blue and yellow) yesterday got into it as they were landing. I
didn't witness the accident, but it was not far from the approach end
of 36. Witnesses told me that Precious Metal ran into Stang, and
Stang went over on its nose and slid down and then off the runway.
Meanwhile, Precious Metal flipped over and there was an explosion and
fire lasting about 30 seconds. It seems Precious Metal's pilot is
dead (the owner is listed as Ron Buccarelli, but I don't know if he
was the pilot), but witnesses saw the other pilot running from Stang
and the TV news said he had non-serious injuries (Stang is owned by
Bob Odegaard, but someone said his son was flying Stang while Bob was
in his Super Corsair).

The warbird show was cancelled for the day, but oddly enough, the
person in charge of the pyro said it had to be exploded today and they
were talking about doing it at the end of the truncated airshow. I
don't know if the Raptors flew--I was too depressed and just left.

Anyway, yEnc'ed pictures to follow.

To all Pilots and Crews,

Thank you for your service to our Nations and may God continue to bless our
world in which we live and may He richly bless you and yours.

Chaplain (COL) Lonnie J. Potter
National Recruiting Coordinator
Headquarters (HQ) Division
United States Corps of Chaplains

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:42:32 -0500, "Randy Wilson"
wrote:

I don't think you are correct in the ID of the second, fatal, aircraft and
pilot. It is best not to post names, etc. in public newsgroups until the
details are certain. You may have caused grief for those not injured by your
post. I know a number of the folks involved, including Ron, who I don't
think was involved in any way, from what I'm getting. I'm a warbird pilot,
too, and many of these folks are friends or aquaintances.. My 2 cents.

Randy


I have a picture of the wrecked Precious Metal, so I'm certainly right
about the plane (although I won't upload the picture--too ghoulish).
Moreover, if you'll go to the local paper's website
(thenorthwestern.com), you'll see and hear eyewitness accounts of the
crash, including one that describes how Precious Metal and Stang
collided. Now I specifically said I didn't know who was piloting
Precious Metal--I merely identified the owner, which is public
knowledge. The news media have still not ID'ed the dead pilot, and I
wouldn't be so irresponsible as to say who was piloting a plane
without having some reliable source. So get off my case.

"Just Plane Noise" wrote in message
.. .
Yesterday I posted pictures of unlimited air racers at Oshkosh. Today
they had another race, but as the planes were landing, the two
Mustangs I posted pictures of (Precious Metal--green-winged-- and
Stang-blue and yellow) yesterday got into it as they were landing. I
didn't witness the accident, but it was not far from the approach end
of 36. Witnesses told me that Precious Metal ran into Stang, and
Stang went over on its nose and slid down and then off the runway.
Meanwhile, Precious Metal flipped over and there was an explosion and
fire lasting about 30 seconds. It seems Precious Metal's pilot is
dead (the owner is listed as Ron Buccarelli, but I don't know if he
was the pilot), but witnesses saw the other pilot running from Stang
and the TV news said he had non-serious injuries (Stang is owned by
Bob Odegaard, but someone said his son was flying Stang while Bob was
in his Super Corsair).

The warbird show was cancelled for the day, but oddly enough, the
person in charge of the pyro said it had to be exploded today and they
were talking about doing it at the end of the truncated airshow. I
don't know if the Raptors flew--I was too depressed and just left.

Anyway, yEnc'ed pictures to follow.

The "Precious Metal" involved was the new build P-51A not the Griffon
powered Reno Racer. Thoughts and prayers to all involved!
"Randy Wilson" wrote in message
...
I don't think you are correct in the ID of the second, fatal, aircraft and
pilot. It is best not to post names, etc. in public newsgroups until the
details are certain. You may have caused grief for those not injured by
your post. I know a number of the folks involved, including Ron, who I
don't think was involved in any way, from what I'm getting. I'm a warbird
pilot, too, and many of these folks are friends or aquaintances.. My 2
cents.

Randy

"Just Plane Noise" wrote in message
...
Yesterday I posted pictures of unlimited air racers at Oshkosh. Today
they had another race, but as the planes were landing, the two
Mustangs I posted pictures of (Precious Metal--green-winged-- and
Stang-blue and yellow) yesterday got into it as they were landing. I
didn't witness the accident, but it was not far from the approach end
of 36. Witnesses told me that Precious Metal ran into Stang, and
Stang went over on its nose and slid down and then off the runway.
Meanwhile, Precious Metal flipped over and there was an explosion and
fire lasting about 30 seconds. It seems Precious Metal's pilot is
dead (the owner is listed as Ron Buccarelli, but I don't know if he
was the pilot), but witnesses saw the other pilot running from Stang
and the TV news said he had non-serious injuries (Stang is owned by
Bob Odegaard, but someone said his son was flying Stang while Bob was
in his Super Corsair).

The warbird show was cancelled for the day, but oddly enough, the
person in charge of the pyro said it had to be exploded today and they
were talking about doing it at the end of the truncated airshow. I
don't know if the Raptors flew--I was too depressed and just left.

Anyway, yEnc'ed pictures to follow.