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Some suggested candidates...

Posted by bdk on Wed Nov 13, 2002 05:46:52 PM

In reply top Memorial page Open posted by Scott WRG Editor on Wed Nov 13, 2002 02:00:57 PM

People I've known personally:

Frank Sanders
Jim Maloney
John Sandberg
Kermit LaQuey
John Crocker
Rick Brickert
Dale Clarke

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Killed at Reno:

1999: Gary Levitz was killed when his high-performance P-51 crashed.

1994: Bill Speer of La Mesa, Calif.; his P-51 crashed next to the east-west runway after engine failure sprayed his windshield with oil.

1994: Ralph Twombly of Wellsville, N.Y.; his T-6 crashed after colliding with another T-6 at the start of a race. His plane hit next to a house west of the airport.

1993: Rick Brickert, Sandy, Utah; his Unlimited, called the Pond Racer, crashed in the desert while preparing to land.

1978: Dimitry Prian of Long Beach, Calif., and Don DeWalt of El Monte, Calif.; their T-6s collided during a race.

1975: M.D. Washburn of Houston, Texas; the wing of his T-6 clipped a pylon and the plane plowed into the ground during a race.

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Others I can think of:

Jeff Ethell
Carey Moore
John MacGuire (natural causes)
Steve Snyder
Doug Schultz
Mark Hanna
Charlie Hilliard


Pilot killed in Air Races crash

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