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<DIV>I have witnessed 6 in my 35 years, and only four of those in
Pattern. One was last year at the Nats where I was judging F3A.</DIV>
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<DIV>One of those non-pattern "events" happened to me way back when I was a pup.
Some little flitting dart went through the outboard section of the
Telemaster wing. I was helping a guy fly the Telemaster when zip---1/3rd panel
gone. The Telemaster flew quite well on 2/3rds of a wing landing without
further incident. The dart came through nearly without a scratch.</DIV>
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<DIV>One of the Pattern mishaps happened about 4 yrears ago at the D3 DC at Ron
Van Putte's field. The models looked like they barely touched one another. Yet
when Lamar brought his down his wing tube was bent quite severely. It surprised
me how much damage for how slight a touch. These models pack terrific energy
when in full flight</DIV>
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<DIV>MattK</DIV>
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<DIV> In a message dated 2/14/2005 3:24:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rcaerobob@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Yeah,
Bryan - what's the common denominator, here? Could we form an
un-correlated hypothesis about "reasons mid-airs occur" ????
<BR><VBG><BR><BR>BOb P.<BR>> <BR>> From:
<brianyemail-nsrca@yahoo.com><BR>> Date: 2005/02/14 Mon PM 03:05:23
EST<BR>> To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>> Subject: Re: Curious About Mid
Air Collidions<BR>> <BR>> Keith....you have actually witnessed all these
mid airs?<BR>> <BR>> I have seen 4 in 15 years flying, and 2 were
mine.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Keith Black <tkeithb@comcast.net>
wrote:<BR>> > #7. Mid air in Nederland<BR>> <BR>> Mike,
you're correct, that is another I was present for. Seems like there are still
others I've forgotten.<BR>> <BR>> BTW, the "fellow from LA" said
he had been involved in three (I think) mid airs at Nederland. I don't think
he'll be back.<BR>> <BR>> Revised List (in order):<BR>>
<BR>> 1. Brian Young & Bobby Zikes - planes totaled - Dallas <BR>>
2. Lance Van Nostrand & Ron Bar - planes saved - Hot Springs<BR>> 3.
Mark Hunt & David Cotton - planes totaled - Temple (I think)<BR>>
4. BW Ponder & Sean McClain - planes totaled - NATS<BR>> 5. Nat Penton
& "fellow from LA" - one plane totaled, one moderate damage, repairable
- Nederland, TX<BR>> 6. Gray Fowler & Paul Villarrubia -
planes saved - Dallas<BR>> 7. Keith Black & Art Wagner - planes totaled
- Hot Springs</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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