Re: Arlington crashes

[OLDE OGRE]

thanks for the info. mary...it's been a bad week for the RV's...one crashed and burned not far from here yesterday...(aurora, or.) I talked to a guy who sew it, and I guess the aircraft was on fire, in flight, and the guy jumped at about 200'....that's been a horror of mine for a long time.....jolly in aurora. or. MARY CORRINGTON wrote:  Hi all, I was there. The 1st crash was a homebuilt that took off with 40 degrees of flaps, hit power lines, crashed and burned. Fatal. The second one was a RV-6A that took off short, pulled up to quickly, stalled and crashed,burned. Fatal.  :-( N52WT           Mary -----Original Message----- From: Doug Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Coupers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, July 11, 1999 10:42 AM Subject: Fw: Arlington crashes  Sorry, forgot to send it to the group. -----Original Message----- From: Doug Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: OLDE OGRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, July 11, 1999 12:33 PM Subject: Arlington crashes   >Jolly:  No I didn't hear of the RV crash.  How much altitude did he have >when he decided to leave the scene?  Too bad he couldn't get it low and slow >enough to jump into one of those beautiful lakes you have out there, would >have at least had a chance.   I wonder if anyone on the forum has heard >about the Arlington crashes, and can give us all the skinny. >Doug >