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P-51 crash Kansas

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  1. rob lay

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    If the information was correct this was the plane. Very sad.


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_lOH3hoxTo[/ame]
     
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    Vlado was an extremely competent pilot. He literally flew them all. He helped me with my airplane when I first bought it way back in 1989. He had a great family with 3 kids and his wife Mary. I flew with him many times when he used to own "Moonbeam McSwine", we did a lot of formation flying and tail chasing.

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    It appears that airplane hit pretty hard and at a shallow angle. but I can't believe that the prop and hub weren't more damaged. I saw a couple of these incidents before and when I was in the USAAF and they weren't as spread out as this one. Pretty sad to see. Having been in three incidents, including a head on collision, I can honestly say that nobody felt a thing when it happened, if that is anything good in a situation like this. RIP.
     
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    So, assuming they did not actually contact the powerlines; what are the guesses for the "pitched up and rolled to the left" just before the crash? (KR posters say 'pics show the prop was not turning at impact?')
     
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    No need to speculate... I will wait for the NTSB to do there job and provide the real facts. KR just takes several news agency's reports and just does a cut and paste job.
     
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