ND Pilot Found

The 60-year-old pilot who left Bismarck ND bound for Fergus Falls MN was
found in a slough. I spent four days co-piloting a Gippsland Airvan looking
for him. The English born pilot remarked that our search area was roughly
the size of England. We had 15 planes looking for him for about two weeks. I
thought the missing pilot might be in a slough. The water in the prairie
potholes was so green we couldn't see anything beneath the surface, and
nobody spotted any oil slicks in the slimy water.
I went to the air museum in Fargo when I had some down time during the
search. A crop duster at a tiny (two cows and one horse) North Dakota town
had a poster for Flyboys, attesting to the marketing effort for the film. At
first I wasn't sure if the movie poster was for a new movie, or an old movie
appropriate for the décor of the crop duster's office. The crop duster has
several biplane crop dusters with huge radial engines in various states of
repair. He used a turboprop monoplane for work. A FBO at a larger airport
was lovingly restoring three P-51 Mustangs. He gave us the keys to his car
without hesitation to go to town for dinner.
I bet I am the only North Dakota born pilot in this newsgroup. The bet is
for a beer and a meal, in Grand Forks or Fargo. Being pilot trained at UND
doesn't win the bet, unless you played hockey for UND too. KD
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/719089.html

The 60-year-old pilot who left Bismarck ND bound for Fergus Falls MN was
found in a slough.

Is he ok?

The water in the prairie potholes was so green
we couldn't see anything beneath the surface, and
nobody spotted any oil slicks in the slimy water.

or not?

Jose
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Jose wrote:
The 60-year-old pilot who left Bismarck ND bound for Fergus Falls MN
was found in a slough.


Is he ok?

Didn't read the article I take it.

Didn't read the article I take it.

No, didn't see it. Mistook the link at the end for a sig.

Jose
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Jose writes:

The 60-year-old pilot who left Bismarck ND bound for Fergus Falls MN was
found in a slough.

Is he ok?

He's dead. His body was found.

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I can think of a lot better places I'd travel to for a beer and a meal..

Sorry to hear about the pilot.. there is nothing but flat land to run into.

I did my 4 years at El Forko Grande.. and it was not at UND.. although I did
rent their C-172RGs (Cutlass)

BT


"Kevin Dunlevy" wrote in message
. ..

I bet I am the only North Dakota born pilot in this newsgroup. The bet is
for a beer and a meal, in Grand Forks or Fargo. Being pilot trained at UND
doesn't win the bet, unless you played hockey for UND too. KD
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/719089.html

("Kevin Dunlevy" wrote)
I bet I am the only North Dakota born pilot in this newsgroup. The bet is
for a beer and a meal, in Grand Forks or Fargo. Being pilot trained at UND
doesn't win the bet, unless you played hockey for UND too.


Mont - b. St Paul, MN
Black - b. Dickinson, ND plus she was in the Minot Curling Club while in
school ...in the 70's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling


Montblack

"Kevin Dunlevy" wrote in message
. ..
The 60-year-old pilot who left Bismarck ND bound for Fergus Falls MN was
found in a slough. I spent four days co-piloting a Gippsland Airvan
looking for him. The English born pilot remarked that our search area was
roughly the size of England. We had 15 planes looking for him for about
two weeks. I thought the missing pilot might be in a slough. The water in
the prairie potholes was so green we couldn't see anything beneath the
surface, and nobody spotted any oil slicks in the slimy water.
I went to the air museum in Fargo when I had some down time during the
search. A crop duster at a tiny (two cows and one horse) North Dakota town
had a poster for Flyboys, attesting to the marketing effort for the film.
At first I wasn't sure if the movie poster was for a new movie, or an old
movie appropriate for the décor of the crop duster's office. The crop
duster has several biplane crop dusters with huge radial engines in
various states of repair. He used a turboprop monoplane for work. A FBO at
a larger airport was lovingly restoring three P-51 Mustangs. He gave us
the keys to his car without hesitation to go to town for dinner.
I bet I am the only North Dakota born pilot in this newsgroup. The bet is
for a beer and a meal, in Grand Forks or Fargo. Being pilot trained at UND
doesn't win the bet, unless you played hockey for UND too. KD
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/719089.html




If my memory is correct Isn't there a place in ND that makes parts for the
P51 and has most of the original tooling?

Newps wrote:



Jose wrote:

The 60-year-old pilot who left Bismarck ND bound for Fergus Falls MN
was found in a slough.



Is he ok?


Didn't read the article I take it.


Or even read the post.

Matt

Or even read the post.

Oh, I read the post, and looked up "slough" to ensure it meant what I
thought it meant. Nothing said he died (though one could infer a high
likelyhood from the circumstances).

Jose
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"Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where
it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.