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Howard Pardue was killed in the crash of his F8F Bearcat

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:59 pm
by HappyHappy
77 years old, his plane rolled after takeoff.
Witness said the engine sounded perfect till impact.
I will speculate Howard died before he hit the ground.

Question...

is 77 years old to old to fly a high performance WWII fighter?

HH

Re: Howard Pardue was killed in the crash of his F8F Bearcat

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:02 am
by Reservoir_Dog
They let you on the internet.
Same theory.

Re: Howard Pardue was killed in the crash of his F8F Bearcat

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:15 am
by CUDA
Reservoir_Dog wrote:They let you on the internet.
Same theory.
Bah Dump Bump :mrgreen:

Re: Howard Pardue was killed in the crash of his F8F Bearcat

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:49 am
by fatman
So about 10% of all me109s lost were one takeoff buy men far younger that 77 should we just ban all flying