i was a witness and never want to be again.

[wacoykc]

Bits and pieces were collected from the wreck site in the early 1970's and a new airplane was built. The man's name I believe was Rhinehart and lived in California. After about an 8-year rebuild he got it flying. He then decided to try for a world speed record for that class. With his wife on board with him during the attempt he got too low and hit the ground resulting in a cartwheeling crash that killed them both. The airplane was supposedly buried where it came to rest.

Several more replicas have been built with Jim Younkin's being the most successful.

[Green Goggles]

I'm located not too far north of Wiley Post, so I remember following the news of this accident very closely.


Tragic, tragic stuff.