RIP Fed Exd

[Ed Deaver]

Sorry to hear about that David.  Should be careful what words you choose, if
you believe in that. hahahah

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Waco.  Have the Oly Medal done and
hope to bring it.

Ed


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Sweatt" <dsweatt at hotmail.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: RIP Fed Exd


> 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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