P-51 accident at OshKosh

[Njaco]

This is really sad, not only for the warbirds lost but for the families as well. My condolences to all the families though I understand it might be one. That hurts even more.

 

[Yak11Fan]

You have the wrong Precious Metal. Sadly this was Precious Metal II

 

[Micdrow]

You have the wrong Precious Metal. Sadly this was Precious Metal II

Are you sure, the mustang at the EAA did NOT say Precious Metal II. As of yesterday that was the only one I saw there. How do you tell the difference?

 

[evangilder]

Unless Precious Metal II has the green wings too, then the picture that Micdrow posted is the right one. The news pages have a particularly disturbing photo of the accident. Fox news had it on their page an hour or so ago. You could clearly see the bright green of the wing's underside.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Boy, not a good few days for aviation!

 

[Heinz]

oh that is terrible news...............

 

[uhhuh35]

Precious Metal is a Reno Racer with a Rolls Royce Gryphon engine and contra-rotating propellers.
Precious Metal II, which crashed at Oshkosh, was a P-51A or an A-36 painted to look like The Reno Racer for the Movie "Thunder over Reno" complete with green wings.

 

[Wildcat]

Terrible news...

 

[Desert Fox]

My condolensces for the families of the deceased. RIP

 

[pbfoot]

Bad news . The link I provide shows about 4 pics of this unfortunate meeting

Aero-News Network: The Aviation and Aerospace World's Daily/Real-Time News and Information Service

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Absolutely Terrible. This has been a bad year for Warbird Aviation.

My condolences to the families.

 

[toddolinger]

It was actually Precious Metal II (tail no. 57) not the FL Precious Metal (tail no. thirty eight). Both aircraft involved are listed here with their owners:
The Gathering of P-51 Mustangs and Legends, Sept 27-30, 2007, Columbus, Ohio, Rickenbacker Field
very sad

 

[evangilder]

Since the media has already reported on this, the pilot that was killed was Gerry Beck. I personally didn;t know him, but know of his work in the warbird community. He will be sorely missed. Our thoughts and prayers got out to the Beck family and the friends of Gerry.

 

[lesofprimus]

Unreal photo sequence...

 

[ccheese]

Those photos are awesome. Would you believe there was nothing at all
in the Virginian Pilot, the newspaper for all of the five cities of Hampton
Roads ?

Charles

 

[evangilder]

Aero-news has footage of the incident in a segment about this.

***WARNING: This is graphic and heartbreaking
Aero News TV - Videos

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That is just terrible. I certainly would not call the pics awesome though....

 

[Gnomey]

Terrible news, my condolences to the family.

 

[johnbr]

Boy what a very bad week.

 

[Erich]

hate to add to this but with the crash at Dayton OH today, well Aviation overall is getting a butt kicking extreme ~ what a mess, remember the airliner recently with all those poor lives gone ........... !