John Herlihy
Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:37 pm
Anyone out there remember John? Any stories or photos??
He was really a cool dude and a familar face out here until he was lost in that T-28 crash
He was really a cool dude and a familar face out here until he was lost in that T-28 crash
Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:42 pm
Apparently, at one time, he lived a dozen blocks from my house.
He may have ferried my plane from the 'south'.
VL
He may have ferried my plane from the 'south'.
VL
Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:58 pm
John's old Bearcat.. Half Moon Bay, circa 1972.
Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:25 am
Apart from the Bearcat he also owned several Mustangs in the 70s. N2051D, N11T, N6523D, and the pieces of N36FF which Plaskett later rebuilt into a TF. He also raced in Reno if I'm not mistaken. What went wrong in his T-28 accident?
T J
T J
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:51 am
Where is his Bearcat now??
Lynn
Lynn
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:18 am
T J Johansen wrote:Apart from the Bearcat he also owned several Mustangs in the 70s. N2051D, N11T, N6523D, and the pieces of N36FF which Plaskett later rebuilt into a TF. He also raced in Reno if I'm not mistaken. What went wrong in his T-28 accident?
T J
Here's a few of I believe 11T, Near Half Moon Bay in 1974.
And in Reno..
And Fresno,
???
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:42 am
What went wrong in his T-28 accident?
A&P screw up. They replaced all the oil lines and left one connector loose.
It came off in flight and all the oil dumped leading to catostraphic engine failure around a forest area
Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:28 am
Chris: Nice to see these old photos. Didn't you use to have a photo of B-23 N747M in the cool blue colors on you website?
Lynn: Bill Anders. This a/c went through the "who's who" in warbirds before he bought it.
Jack: Sh!tty deal!!! When did it happen? I remember reading about it when it occured, but years go by so fast I can't believe it at times.
T J
Lynn: Bill Anders. This a/c went through the "who's who" in warbirds before he bought it.
Jack: Sh!tty deal!!! When did it happen? I remember reading about it when it occured, but years go by so fast I can't believe it at times.
T J
Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:45 am
That was around Oct 2003 I'm thinking.
His Bearcat became Wampus Cat.
His Bearcat became Wampus Cat.
Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:14 am
T J Johansen wrote:Chris: Nice to see these old photos. Didn't you use to have a photo of B-23 N747M in the cool blue colors on you website?
Yup.. Intended on rebuilding the archive section when I had something blow up a few years ago, but I just never got around to it...
Chris
Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:15 am
Jack Cook wrote:That was around Oct 2003 I'm thinking
Your right
http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20 ... 1880&key=1
Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:21 am
darn shame.., the NTSB report makes me think of what my father used to say...
'accidents just don't happen.., they are made to happen'.
'accidents just don't happen.., they are made to happen'.
????
Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:35 am
John used to put on great acrobatic displays with the P-51D and the T-28B 
???
Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:10 pm
John raced his F8F and P-51 at Reno besides Sam Richardson's R-2000 YAK-11.
BTW in that Fresno photo on the ramp can be seen a Guardian ,
Bill Compton's F6F-3 N4965V and Jack Lenhardt's FM-2 N20HA.
BTW in that Fresno photo on the ramp can be seen a Guardian ,
Bill Compton's F6F-3 N4965V and Jack Lenhardt's FM-2 N20HA.
Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:19 pm
Thanks for info...I must have read he'd crashed but I don't remember...strange. No memory.
John
John