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17th Aug 2007, 16:37

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Mustang tragedy at Oshkosh (Sequence in pictures)

E-mail and pictures sent to me.

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The yellow nose P-51 was already down, and rolling out on the mains when
struck from behind by the green P-51A. The green P-51 was still air born
at the time of collision. I couldn't tell if the green P-51 got caught
up in the wreckage and that is what flipped him, or if he attempted a
go-around at the first sense of impact, and ended up doing a torque
roll.
A split second after the third picture, the green P-51 impacted and fireballed.
The pilot did not survive.
The yellow P-51 slid to a stop on his nose, the pilot was able to get out without assistance.
I saw them approaching to land, and it looked too close for a formation
landing.
I had the camera ready to capture the go-around, but instead got a 30 frame sequence (5 frames per second).
Very surreal to watch, very sad.

Very sad indeed.

FL

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