Richard Riley wrote:
On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:27:17 GMT, john smith wrote:

:Richard Riley wrote:
: I agree with you about the BD-4. But every single BD10 that's flown
: has killed the pilot, except for the prototype - and the pilot there
: was VERY lucky to get it back on the ground after the vertical failed.
:
:No it hasn't!!!
:Jim Prebie is still alive, although in prison for awhile after he built
:and flew it.

I don't know Prebie, and I don't find a record for a BD-10 with that
name as owner or builder.

I cannot even find an NTSB record for a gear-up accident involving the
aircraft at KMRT, Marysville OH. Photos are somewhere in my archives.