Hughes replica

[wardog]

Just saw this online this morning - damn near brought me to tears....

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 258Y Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP- HUGHES 1 B
Date: 08/05/2003 Time: 0030

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION
City: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK State: WY Country: US

DESCRIPTION
ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY
INJURED, NORTH OF OLD GEYSER IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WY

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: SPECI KWYS 042346Z AUTO 16008KT 20SM BKN040 22/09 A3026

OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Unknown Operation: General Aviation

Departed: GILLETTE, WY Dep Date: 08/05/2003 Dep. Time: 0030
Destination: EUGENE, OR Flt Plan: UNK Wx Briefing: Y
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK

FAA FSDO: CASPER, WY (NM04) Entry date: 08/05/2003

[Len Ashburn]

Yellowstone Crash

This came out of the Bozeman, MT Chronicle.......

http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2003/08/05/news/001ynpcrashbzbigs.txt

[Unregistered]

Saw that this morning. Seems to have happened about 7:30 Monday evening.

Very sad. My prayers are with his family.

[rwflyboy]

Originally posted by rwflyboy
I had hoped to see her this year at Reno.

My prayers and greatest sympathy goes to the family, crew and all who knew the pilot.

(Though the name is not released as of yet.)

And to Wayne, you shot some beautiful pictures of her my man!

https://www.aafo.com/racing/history/...s_air_show.htm

[AAFO_WSagar]

My prayers go out to all the wonderful people involved with the project I am really beyond words at the moment..

[ecvsteve]

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth.
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings,
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind i've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

John Gillespie Magee Jr

My Blessings to the family.