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Re: FROM AFP - Oded Rosenthal.
Posted by PeterA on Mon Sep 23, 2002 09:29:44 AM
In reply top FROM AFP posted by Paul McMillan on Mon Sep 23, 2002 06:43:54 AM
: CORRECTION: ATTENTION - UPDATES with second crash, ADDS qu
: otes, details
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: PRETORIA, Sept 22 (AFP) - Two vintage aeroplanes crashed w
: ithin hours at an airshow near the South African capital S
: unday, but both times the pilots escaped serious injury, a
: n airforce spokeswoman said.
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: The first plane, a World War II Harvard T6G, crashed short
: ly before noon while preparing to perform an aerial displa
: y near a military airbase outside Pretoria, Colonel Martie
: Visser told AFP.
:
: Visser said the pilot, reserve force Colonel Jeff Earle, s
: uffered light injuries when the plane slammed into the gro
: und while attempting an emergency landing.
:
Oded Rosenthal - Principal pilot of the Israeli Air Force Spitfire 'Black 57' I wonder?
: It plowed into a hillside, burst into flames and was almos
: t completely destroyed, according to an AFP correspondent
: at the scene.
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: Five hours later, a second Harvard with two pilots crashed
: - landed in a field 500 metres (yards) south of the Waterk
: loof base after apparently experiencing fuel problems.
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: "The two pilots, Oded Rosenthal and Amit Lipschitz walked
: away uninjured," Visser said, adding that both were taken
: to hospital for observation.
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: Organisers had emphasised that strict air safety measures
: were in effect at the show in light of concerns over the w
: orld's worst air show disaster in the Ukrainian city of Lv
: iv in July that killed 76 people.
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: Participants from 25 countries, including France, the Unit
: ed States and Russia, attended the Africa Aerospace and De
: fence 2002 exhibition, believed to have attracted about 20
: 0,000 foreign and local visitors.
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: A number of air displays at the show included a US Air For
: ce B1- B bomber and an F15 fighter plane, as well as a num
: ber of international and local military and civilian aircr
: aft.
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