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Vital Spark
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 7:17 pm 
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http://kfor.com/2016/08/06/historic-replica-airplane-the-bugatti-100p-crashes-near-burns-flat-pilot-and-designer-scotty-wilson-dies/
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That is truly heartbreaking news. I don't know what else to say. :cry: I'm reminded of Jim Wright's stunning Hughes H-1 - a real labour of love, lost in a terrible way with its talented creator.

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KiwiZac wrote:
That is truly heartbreaking news. I don't know what else to say. :cry: I'm reminded of Jim Wright's stunning Hughes H-1 - a real labour of love, lost in a terrible way with its talented creator.


First thing I thought of too...very sad.
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Very sad.

My condolences to all involved.

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Very shocking. I am a part time docent at the EAA museum in Oshkosh. The Bugatti is always part of the tour I give.
I always ask people to tell me when they think the airplane was built. I've had answers like 1990, 1960, 2015, etc. They are amazed when I tell them 1939. Will be very interested to find out what the cause was. RIP Scotty Wilson. I had no idea they were planning a single engine 2 seater. How cool would that have been.
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Very heartbreaking indeed.

Prayers and Condolences to his family, friends and the Aviation Community
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Saw it in this morning's Tulsa World newspaper. The story headline just said "man killed in crash of experimental aircraft" When I saw the aircraft type involved my heart just sank.
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hurricane_yank wrote:
KiwiZac wrote:
That is truly heartbreaking news. I don't know what else to say. :cry: I'm reminded of Jim Wright's stunning Hughes H-1 - a real labour of love, lost in a terrible way with its talented creator.


First thing I thought of too...very sad.

That and Bob Reichardt's Mr. Mulligan re-creation back in '77.
I see they had a GoPro mounted on the Bugatti along with a camera in the chase helicopter; hope they can piece together what went wrong. Were there any problems on the previous two flights?

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Also reminded me of the Vmax Probe....
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Chris Brame wrote:
Were there any problems on the previous two flights?

There was a gear collapse early on which required the replacement of the props IIRC. Don't know what, if anything, was done to the gearbox and drive shafts in that incident.

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Tiger Tim wrote:
Chris Brame wrote:
Were there any problems on the previous two flights?

There was a gear collapse early on which required the replacement of the props IIRC. Don't know what, if anything, was done to the gearbox and drive shafts in that incident.

It was a brake failure and overrun IIRC.

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Centerline thrust twin. I wonder what the wing loading was?
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