One more....Blue skies to Wingwalker Todd Green.

[wyhdah]

Kyle Franklins friend Todd fell trying to make an air to air transfer this weekend.

[Lockheed Bob]

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Blue Skies Todd. So many this week.

[Jeff Lee]

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Too many this year. Too many any time. Blue skies.

[AirDOGGe]

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3 performers lost in one weekend at 3 different events. Aerobatics are certainly an unforgiving form of employment.

My condolences to all involved who were hurt by the tragedies.

[split-s]

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Sympathies to his family.
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[SkyvanDelta]

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A couple views of the accident on video.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7e6_1314020158

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=59f_1313964952

[spacegrrrl]

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Not even sure what to say after a weekend like this.


Blue skies Todd......

Spacegrrrl

[jason]

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http://www.freep.com/article/20110823/NEWS04/108230343/Cause-fall-not-yet-certain-death-wing-walker-Todd-Green-Selfridge-air-show?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

[dxlyj]

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Kyle Franklins friend Todd fell trying to make an air to air transfer this weekend.

Todd's dad Eddie was a great friend of my dad and the rest of the Ann Arbor airshow community. News of this as I traveled back to GA after my mom's memorial just made the miles all the harder.
--
Dave Lyjak

[AirDOGGe]

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A Bird May Have Been A Factor In The Wing Walker's Fall


(From Aeronews.net)


Video has surfaced that shows a fairly large bird passing just above the wing of the Stearman biplane where Todd Green was attempting to make a transfer to a helicopter flying above him. Officials are trying to determine if the bird was a factor in the stuntman's fatal fall last weekend.

There is no conclusive evidence that the bird struck Green ... it goes by too fast. But it does raise questions about whether the bird may have distracted Green for an instant, causing him to lose his grip on the helo's landing skid and his balance on the wing.

The person who shot the video, Mike Robinson of Mount Clemens, MI, said he had shown it to "a couple of people" who felt the bird could have been a factor, according to the Journal Register and News. He said he didn't see the bird until he viewed the clip in slow motion, after which he took it to officials in Selfridge, MI. The bird appears to be about the size of a hawk, which are indigenous to the area.

Officials are also looking into the weather conditions at the time of the accident. Winds were reported to be out of the west at 15 mpg gusting to 20. The NTSB is reportedly interviewing witnesses and and a pilot in connection with the accident.

[ontherox59]

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Kyle Franklins friend Todd fell trying to make an air to air transfer this weekend.

I'am so sorry about Todd !!! May he be at peace !!!
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[ontherox59]

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Sympathies to his family.
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That was a GREAT saying !!!! LOL

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