Grumman Bearcat fatal accident Breckenridge Tx
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Grumman Bearcat fatal accident Breckenridge Tx
Hi all;
Not sure where to put this as it falls within many categories....sad news of the demise of well-known warbird owner Howard Pardue yesterday at Breckenridge.
West Texas pilot killed shortly after takeoff - KFDA - NewsChannel 10 / Amarillo News, Weather, Sports
Howard was a great friend to many and will be sadly missed.
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Not sure where to put this as it falls within many categories....sad news of the demise of well-known warbird owner Howard Pardue yesterday at Breckenridge.
West Texas pilot killed shortly after takeoff - KFDA - NewsChannel 10 / Amarillo News, Weather, Sports
Howard was a great friend to many and will be sadly missed.
Mods, please feel free to move this thread to wherever you think would be most appropriate.
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I met Howard quite a few times, he was a character full of life. The world of aviation just got a little bit smaller.
I'll have a Scotch looking west tonight.
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Very sad. I also saw him several times at Oshkosh, firstly when he was part of the Corsair take-off collision on the runway. It is possibly not well known that he frequently flew at Flying Legends Air Display at Duxford until recently.
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He flew TFC's Hellcat and Wildcat at Legends and I watched him display his Sea Fury at Oshkosh and race it at Reno. Wow!
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One of the main contributors to warbird preservation. A couple of beers were raised in Brighton this afternoon.