Mustang down Cummings, Kansas
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From: key biscayne
Mustang down Cummings, Kansas
The mustang known as Baby Duck is no longer with us.
Two souls perished.
RIP Vlado and Bethany.
ASN Aircraft 16-JUL-2017 North American P-51D Mustang N251PW
Two souls perished.
RIP Vlado and Bethany.
ASN Aircraft 16-JUL-2017 North American P-51D Mustang N251PW
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From: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Very sorry to hear the awful news, a terrible loss for both families.
Vlado always came across as an exceptionally nice individual on the Warbird Info Exchange site.
Bad month for P-51s with the Berlin Express incident and Miss Velma accident at Duxford - more happily no one was hurt...
Vlado always came across as an exceptionally nice individual on the Warbird Info Exchange site.
Bad month for P-51s with the Berlin Express incident and Miss Velma accident at Duxford - more happily no one was hurt...
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From: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Tragic... wonderful people by all accounts, and what a gorgeous aircraft.
FWIW, "One witness who saw the crash told investigators that the plane was flying just above the level of power lines, traveling from northwest to southeast. The last action the plane took was to pitch upward and then roll to the left before it crashed, said Peter Knudson, a spokesman with the NTSB."
FWIW, "One witness who saw the crash told investigators that the plane was flying just above the level of power lines, traveling from northwest to southeast. The last action the plane took was to pitch upward and then roll to the left before it crashed, said Peter Knudson, a spokesman with the NTSB."
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From: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Interview with the NTSB at the scene, at the very end she relates what the witness saw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8MX1RRN4G4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8MX1RRN4G4
