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Old 19th Aug 2013, 23:08
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...seems crew OK...
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Old 20th Aug 2013, 02:08
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Updated coverage here.
All 4 got out - photos of parachutes and a large patch of scorched Montana prairie where the Bone speared in.
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Certainly didn't leave much of the aircraft together.
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I see from the photos that someone arrived on horseback.
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Yes, I noticed that.

Well it is Montana
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where the Bone speared in.
Did it 'spear in' or come down flat.
It might be my imagination but in the photos of the scorch marks I can make out the outline of the aircraft as if it had arrived in a flat spin and the burnt out. Also notice the tail sitting some distance away.
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No crater. Would put my money on it came down flat. Lack of significant crew injuries also points to low speed ejection.
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I stand corrected.
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