Rudy, you are right, the accident happened so quickly it was hard to tell
exactly what happened- to me it seemed wing broke and severed tail but who
knows. I agree with you that it was a classy move by Thunderbirds to cancel
show in honor of Gary. What really disturbed me was upon leaving air races
that day there were actually many people at gate trying to get a refund
because Thunderbirds canceled. Unbelievable! Walter-----Original
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From: Rudy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 8:04 AM
Subject: [RCSE] What happened to Miss Ashley2?
>Nathan:
>
>While I saw the break-up of MA2, it was hard to tell what happened, it
>was so quick and so violent. Reports on the Web (www.aafo.com and
>www.pylon1.com) indicate that the empenage failed first. The official
>findings are pending the FAA inspection. After seeing gliders blow up
>on the winch (or tow in F3J), it was awful to see a full scale with a
>person on board do the same. Everyone was stunned. With a classy move,
>the Thunderbirds cancelled their show in honor of the pilot, Gary
>Levitz.
>
>In every other respect, however, Reno is awesome. The people,
>technology and effort expended to push the equipment so hard is
>amazing. Then to see and hear highly modified Mustangs, Bearcats and
>Sea Furies at speed - the emotion is comparable to flying gliders at
>Parker Mt., speed trials, or watching a top F3B flier at speed.
>
>There are so many visceral impressions to take away from Reno, but the
>one that I savor is the sound of the modified F8F-2 Grumman Bearcat
>"Rare Bear" as it flies past. It's Wright R-3350 (3350 = cubic inches)
>has nitrous injection and pumps out over 4000 hp while turning a
>three-bladed prop with blades from a P-3 Orion sub hunter. It leaves a
>low frequency rumble in its wake that you can feel in your chest. Those
>boys are WAY out at the edge of the envelope!
>
>If you're near Reno in Mid September, you have to go.
>
>Fly safe!
>
>Rudy Siegel
>
>
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>
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:11:26 -0700
>From: "Woods,Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: What happened to Miss Ashley2?
>Message-ID: <B9B8FDDFE791D1118C3D00805FE2603163F54B@OZLT>
>
>"Then on Saturday, was at air races and witnessed the tragedy that took
>place
>w/Miss Ashley2. With out a doubt a terrible, tragic weekend. Walter"
>
>Maybe I should leave the garage once in a while. What happened?
>
>Nathan Woods
>Temple Hill Slope Squadron
>Orange, California
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>http://home.earthlink.net/~windrider007/index.html
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