The Europa with a man and his wife were on short final for east west runway-actually west bound, the controller had them make a left turn to take the north south runway. He was obviously too slow and spun in according to witnesses.
The RV6 (I believe it was) was headed back north and was taking a Canadian back who had hitched a ride. The passenger (63 years young) turned around to look back when the noise started ( prop hitting the fuselage) it was said after seeing the videos that were taken that the passenger may have been saved if he had not turned around and sorta leaned rearward when he did. I have ridden with my friend in his RV6A a lot in times past. I usually put my arm around behind him to give us more room. I had guessed that is what this guy did. When he turned around he must have leaned backwards some because the prop cut his left shoulder and arm off as well as part of his head. The engine on the Warbird was shut down in time to save the pilot. The plane that went down in Lake Michigan the last day Sunday was one of the new Cub Legends made in Sulphur Springs Texas. One of the company reps was flying it with the new owner back to to the new owners home base. It did go down but both people were OK and rescued. The plane did make it to the bottom of the lake though. Larry H. Lee Van Dyke <l...@vandyke5.com> wrote: Yes, those report were true, but they don't mention how many people were killed or died on the ROAD to Oshkosh. Lee Van Dyke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Matheson" To: "KRnet" Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:05 PM Subject: Re: KR> Re:Deaths at Oshkosh 2006 >I have heard a number of people died at or flying to Oshkosh this year? > Is this email below correct?? > > ------------------------------- > This was a fairly tragic year for Oshkosh. A Europa spun in turning final > right on OSH killing two. Several died off field enroute to Oshkosh. > Yesterday about noon, a torpedo bomber, big huge single engine thing > called > a TBM taxied up the rear end of an RV, killed the person in the back seat, > pilot survived. Also yesterday, departing a aircraft crashed into lake > Michigan down chicago way, two occupants, pilot stayed with the plane as > it > sank somehow, passenger swam to safety. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Is so, very sad > > Phil Matheson > VH-PKR > mathes...@dodo.com.au > 0358833588 > Australia > Web Page > http://www.philskr2.50megs.com/ > See VW Engines > http://www.vw-engines.com/ > www.homebuilt-aviation.com/ > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
