Planes Of Fame Hellcat destroyed in fatal accident

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Oscar Duck
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:53 am

Art V. - RIP friend...
Swiss Mustangs

Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:03 am

Blue skies and God speed, Mr. Art Vance

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Eureka181
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:03 am

When I first heard about this Saturday evening I was completely shocked. Things like this put you in a bad mood because you feel like you lost a family member.

Happy flying in the big blue sky in the sky Art.

"As long as any of us is remembered in the heart of a friend, we are never really gone."
- Coleen Cason

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Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:05 am

I helped marshall this aircraft out at the Indianapolis Airshow in August. Sad news, indeed. PJ
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:16 am

Very sad. Art's name is one that's been associated with the warbird movement for a long time.

Prayers and condolences.
Ollie
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:48 am

Extremely sad news...

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Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:10 am

My condolences.
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:06 am

My heart aches for Art's family, and the whole PoF crew.

This hits a little closer to home than most. Blue Skies and Tailwinds, Art... you will be missed.....
tom d. friedman
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:22 pm

my thoughts & good wishes to the grieving family. may their pain pass quickly.
JohnH
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:22 pm

Jase wrote:My heart aches for Art's family, and the whole PoF crew.

This hits a little closer to home than most. Blue Skies and Tailwinds, Art... you will be missed.....



This bothers me greatly because it does hit close to home. Art was always nice to me and a great guy to talk to. I remember a few years ago he went to one airshow and I asked him about it and he said "oh yeah that was exciting" in a sarcastic manner. I often think about that silly quote....I was just a few days before the accident. I've known the guys at the POF for a long time too and I've been watching that airplane fly for over 20 years. It's sad. I found it ironic and was quite taken aback when Andy Rooney's topic Sunday night on 60 minutes was how unatractive overhead power lines are.

John
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:39 pm

My condolences to the Vance family and everyone at POF. I live 60 miles east of the crash site and had just seen the plane on display two weeks ago at the TN Museum of Aviation. The terrain of the area is very rough. That stretch of I-40 is hilly and heavily wooded. This report has video from the crash site and eyewitness reports:
http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=3956113&nav=1ugO

BK
tom d. friedman
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:43 pm

i saw rooney's piece on power lines too!! quite eerie, but appropriate.
oscardeuce

Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:19 am

My deepest sympathy to Art and his family.
God Speed.
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Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:52 am

I just read this after a nice long weekend. What horrible news. My sympathies to the family for the loss of their loved one. My sympathies to the Planes of Fame for the loss of their colleague and aircraft. If WIX were to fly a flag it would certainly be at half mast.

BuNo 93879...
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Mike

Planes of Fame...
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mike furline

Idiots

Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:44 pm

Typical idiot witness in the News video, "able to see inside the cockpit as it flew by, totally out of control".

Gotta love the Media. Apparently plane was based at Chico, not Chino. Saw another clip where it was identified as a F-14 Hellcat.

Gods Speed Art!
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