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 Post subject: RIP Bill Whittington
PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 11:03 pm 
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Bill Whittington who raced P-51's and raced motorsports has died in a plane crash that also killed his passenger. They crashed in a Swearingin Merlin near Winslow AZ on Friday April 23.

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 Post subject: Re: RIP Bill Whittington
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That's the youngest two of the three W brothers now dead...
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Some of the more colorful figures in Warbirds, Air Racing and car racing....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Whittington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Whittington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Whittington

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Neal do you remember when he smashed Leewards caddie at Reno?

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 Post subject: Re: RIP Bill Whittington
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Stoney wrote:
Neal do you remember when he smashed Leewards caddie at Reno?

I think it was Johnny Rutherford's Caddie the got compacted at Reno, but that was because Rutherford and Whittington had crashed Leewards boat back in Fla. :lol:
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