RIP Fed Exd

[s.vannostrand at kodak.com]

Dave,
THis was all your fault.  You jinxed it on Saturday.  I was inspecting my 
stab repair to see how it was holding up and you were waxing philosopy on 
how you've gotten all the use out of this plane that you'd expect.  Next 
time, watch what you say in earshot of the plane.

--Lance





"David Sweatt" <dsweatt at hotmail.com>
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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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