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Re: Paul Mantz
Posted by S on Mon Aug 04, 2003 09:39:55 PM
In reply top Re: Paul Mantz posted by Rob Mears on Mon Aug 04, 2003 07:55:21 PM
: I caught the film of the crash by chance while watching Br
: avo channel a few months back. It's hard to believe the p
: assenger survived the end-over-end tumbling of that airfra
: me. I also hate to hear that this was an unnecessary 2nd
: take - a risk that didn't need to be taken. I guess hinds
: ight's 20/20 though. Had it not broken at that moment, th
: ey might have gone on to take it on tour to promote the mo
: vie. Bound to happen one way or the other I suppose.
:
: I often wonder how differently the warbird movement might
: have flourished had Mantz & Tallman remained a viable forc
: e in aviation through the 1970s! Any man willing to write
: a personal check for a desert lot full of hundreds of war
: birds as far back as the 1950s gets all my respect! :)