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Old August 5th 03, 07:00 PM
john smith
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Default Hughes Racer Crash?

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 258Y Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP- HUGHES 1 B
Date: 08/05/2003 Time: 0030

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N
Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
City: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK State: WY Country: US

DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS
FATALLY
INJURED, NORTH OF OLD GEYSER IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WY

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0
Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0
Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0
Unk:

WEATHER: SPECI KWYS 042346Z AUTO 16008KT 20SM BKN040 22/09 A3026

OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Unknown Operation: General
Aviation

Departed: GILLETTE, WY Dep Date: 08/05/2003 Dep.
Time: 0030
Destination: EUGENE, OR Flt Plan: UNK Wx
Briefing: Y
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK

FAA FSDO: CASPER, WY (NM04) Entry date: 08/05/2003
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Old August 5th 03, 10:44 PM
Jay Honeck
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I wonder if they will build another? Surely with all the work to document
and reengineer the original already done, building a second replica would

be
a lot easier than building the first.


Who was flying the plane when it went down? Was it the guy behind the
project?
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Old August 5th 03, 10:48 PM
Dan Luke
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This is just awful.
When I spotted the bird at OSH, it gave me a thrill that made me feel like a
kid again. I feel so bad for the family of the pilot and everyone who put so
much love into the airplane. Sometimes life really sucks.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM


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Old August 5th 03, 11:35 PM
Jim Vadek
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"john smith" wrote in message
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DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS
FATALLY
INJURED, NORTH OF OLD GEYSER IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WY



It is really sad and I thought about it alot today. I feel for the family.
But what a way to go... flying the finest airplane I have ever seen (and
that is without any exaggeration).


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Old August 6th 03, 12:09 AM
Dave Stadt
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:AyVXa.72400$Ho3.10024@sccrnsc03...
I wonder if they will build another? Surely with all the work to

document
and reengineer the original already done, building a second replica

would
be
a lot easier than building the first.


Who was flying the plane when it went down? Was it the guy behind the
project?


I talked to Jim Wright a couple of times at OSH. He is the owner and said
he was not comfortable letting anyone else fly it. I assume he was in it at
the time of he accident.

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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"




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Old August 6th 03, 02:49 AM
Paul Hirose
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The paper in Casper, Wyoming has a story on the crash. Pilot James
Wright was killed. It sounds he mentioned mechanical problems during
his refueling stop in Gillette.

http://www.trib.com/AP/wire_detail.php?wire_num=113724


Smithsonian Air & Space page on the H-1 replica:

http://www.airandspacemagazine.com/A...AM03/h1rr.html

--

Paul Hirose
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Old August 6th 03, 07:26 AM
Bela P. Havasreti
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:56:01 -0400, "Morgans" post/the/group.here.net
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"Paul Hirose" wrote in message
...
The paper in Casper, Wyoming has a story on the crash. Pilot James
Wright was killed. It sounds he mentioned mechanical problems during
his refueling stop in Gillette.

http://www.trib.com/AP/wire_detail.php?wire_num=113724


Smithsonian Air & Space page on the H-1 replica:

http://www.airandspacemagazine.com/A...AM03/h1rr.html

--

Paul Hirose


Such a typical news report, completely missing the understanding of aircraft
operation. Why don't they just ask someone?


They never ask anyone while covering other (non-aviation) news
events.... why start with aviation-related news events?

The thought I always have, is if they screw up the news with aviation-
related events as often as they do (gut feel is we're talking like 99%
of the time), how accurate are the rest of the news events they report
on?

Bela P. Havasreti
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Old August 6th 03, 07:45 AM
Craig
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"Morgans" post/the/group.here.net wrote in message ...
"Paul Hirose" wrote in message
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Such a typical news report, completely missing the understanding of aircraft
operation. Why don't they just ask someone?


Two different sources qoute the line people as having heard him talk
about having some type of mechanical difficulties with the aircraft
prior to landing there. If it's accurate, then it sounds like "got to
get home itis" overruled sensibility. Either way, it's still a sad
happening.

Craig C.

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Old August 6th 03, 01:50 PM
Robert Moore
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"Morgans" wrote
Such a typical news report, completely missing the understanding
of aircraft operation. Why don't they just ask someone?


Because of the reference to "thin air", I assumed that the
comment refered to a geared "two speed" supercharger being
stuck in second gear. We used to shift gears in T-28s that
used an R-1820 engine with a two speed supercharger. The
shift would take place somewhere between 10-14,000' during
climbout.

Bob Moore
 




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