RIP Fed Exd

[David Sweatt]

For those of you that know me I hve been flying the same beat up airplane 
for about 2 years built by Doc Hurt that was half-Pursuit and with Prophecy 
wings. This plane was old and ugly but it flew like gang busters and we 
called it Fed Ex cause Tom Theurer bought the rights to put Fedral Express 
decals on it. Will after many hundreds and probably thousands of flights the 
inner wing tube dicided that is glued inside decided to break loose and as 
it was doing the two horizontal rolls in the Intermediate pattern it broke 
loose shedding both wings in flight. Total destruction..the good news is the 
Gene Maurice special YS 120 is intact and didn't even break the header. We 
were managing 8800 RPM with a 16-10 prop on this motor. and it runs 
flawlessly thanks to Gene's YS magical wand he waves at them. Thanks to Tom 
for realizing what was happing and getting the throttle back so engine 
damage would be minimal. My new Prophecy is setup as of last night and we 
are ready to have another try. Will be ready for Waco...David Sweatt





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