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  Jul 27 2007, 05:05 PM
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http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.d...H/70727175/1987If this is the wrong section, please move. Quote: One dead in AirVenture warbird crash when two planes collide; afternoon airshow suspended One person was killed Friday afternoon when two warbirds collided on the south end of the north-south runway at Wittman Regional Airport. Witnesses on the AirVenture grounds reported seeing two P-51 Mustangs approach the southern end of Runway 18/36 for what appeared to be a formation landing when the propeller of one Mustang caught the tail of the other, flipping it onto its nose. The aircraft in the rear tried to pull around the crashed aircraft and flipped over in the process, witnesses said. One plane is covered with a tarp and appears to be upside down in grass east of the runway. The other plane came to a stop with its nose down, about 100 feet north of the other plane. The pilot of the aircraft that ended up on its nose was able to walk away from the crash, witnesses reported. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are both investigating the crash. The afternoon AirVenture air show has been cancelled, EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski said. The Northwestern will update this story as it develops. What a sad/odd day with the helicopter collision in PHX:(
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Jul 27 2007, 05:13 PM
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R.I.P. whoever the pilot is....
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-Matt Sorensen
---2010 Air Shows---
May 22 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
June 26-27 St. Cloud, Minnesota (Blue Angels) (Completed)
July 17-18 Duluth, Minnesota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
---2011 Air Shows---
July 25-31, 2011 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
August 13-14, 2011 Fargo, North Dakota (Blue Angels)
September 10-11, 2011 Lincoln, Nebraska (Blue Angels)
**Planning on a lot more shows for 2011 as well and hoping to make it a big year!
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Jul 27 2007, 06:06 PM
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Just got back from Oshkosh this must of happened right when i left cause every thing was fine when i was there. My Thoughts and prayers go out to the pilot and his family.
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2010 Airshow Season
Janesville, WI (Thunderbirds and Snowbirds)
Milwaukee, WI (Blue Angels and F-22 Raptor)
Davenport, IA (F-15E Strike Eagle, A-10 West, F/A-18 C & F West)
Dubuque, IA (Golden Knights)
Oshkosh, WI
Rockford, IL (Thunderbirds)
Offutt AFB, NE (USAF Thunderbirds & F-22 Raptor)
Kirksville, MO (A-10 East)
Burlington, IA (F-15E Strike Eagle)
7 Down 2 to go.
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Jul 27 2007, 06:39 PM
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-Matt Sorensen
---2010 Air Shows---
May 22 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
June 26-27 St. Cloud, Minnesota (Blue Angels) (Completed)
July 17-18 Duluth, Minnesota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
---2011 Air Shows---
July 25-31, 2011 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
August 13-14, 2011 Fargo, North Dakota (Blue Angels)
September 10-11, 2011 Lincoln, Nebraska (Blue Angels)
**Planning on a lot more shows for 2011 as well and hoping to make it a big year!
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Jul 27 2007, 06:45 PM
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Pics of the mustang on its nose, I'll wait for the mods to give the okay to say it's identity. http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.d...0814&Ref=PH
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-Matt Sorensen
---2010 Air Shows---
May 22 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
June 26-27 St. Cloud, Minnesota (Blue Angels) (Completed)
July 17-18 Duluth, Minnesota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
---2011 Air Shows---
July 25-31, 2011 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
August 13-14, 2011 Fargo, North Dakota (Blue Angels)
September 10-11, 2011 Lincoln, Nebraska (Blue Angels)
**Planning on a lot more shows for 2011 as well and hoping to make it a big year!
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Jul 27 2007, 06:49 PM
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http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.d...O0601/307270029The 2 aircraft have been released... P-51A "Precious Metal" P-51D "Stang" Both aircraft are from North Dakota 
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---2010 Air Shows---
May 22 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
June 26-27 St. Cloud, Minnesota (Blue Angels) (Completed)
July 17-18 Duluth, Minnesota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
---2011 Air Shows---
July 25-31, 2011 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
August 13-14, 2011 Fargo, North Dakota (Blue Angels)
September 10-11, 2011 Lincoln, Nebraska (Blue Angels)
**Planning on a lot more shows for 2011 as well and hoping to make it a big year!
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Jul 27 2007, 06:50 PM
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I extend condolences
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Jul 27 2007, 06:51 PM
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It is hard, due to i was listing to the radio broadcast and just muted it right before the race began
so tragic
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Jul 27 2007, 07:14 PM
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QUOTE(oshosh84 @ Jul 27 2007, 07:09 PM)  Well that was something I could have gone with out seeing. The P-51 in question was the Allison powered A Model with green wings. I looked at it earlier today but the name excapes me. My thoughts go out to the family. Precious Metal, Painted in those markings for Thunder over Reno, No connection to the original Precious Metal built by the Wittington's in 1988
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Jul 27 2007, 07:22 PM
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It's name is actually Precious Metal II.
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-Matt Sorensen
---2010 Air Shows---
May 22 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
June 26-27 St. Cloud, Minnesota (Blue Angels) (Completed)
July 17-18 Duluth, Minnesota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
---2011 Air Shows---
July 25-31, 2011 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
August 13-14, 2011 Fargo, North Dakota (Blue Angels)
September 10-11, 2011 Lincoln, Nebraska (Blue Angels)
**Planning on a lot more shows for 2011 as well and hoping to make it a big year!
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