Yeah, that was. It was his dream to fly that plane. At least he died doing something he liked. My point was to tell you that i actually logged my first time in our Stinson in 2002. Bill was the PIC on that flight and put my log in my logbook. Kinda a somber moment every time i look at the first entry. Here are some pics of him in the FM-2 in Winston-Salem, NC the month before the crash.
I also have lots of stuff about the P-51C that crashed in Wisconsin. I saw in at Kitty Hawk in Dec. 2003 when i was marshalling aircraft at the Dare Co. Regl. Airport where they based all of the warbirds. I met and talked to Don Hinz for a while one day. Ironically, the man that is restoring the plane lives about 2 hrs south of me in Wahpeton, ND. I talked to him about a week ago at the Fargo Air Museum. He said that the fuselage is all repaired. I have pics of the plane and the pieces down in his shop if youd like to see.