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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:46 am 
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The Fokker Dr 1 Triplane replica owned and operated by the WW 1 Aircraft Museum at Brampton Ontario has been destroyed during the dog fight act at the show.
Reports indicate that the a/c suffered an engine failure. The pilot put the a/c down in a corn field but the a/c cart wheeled and flipped on impact. No injuries to the pilot but the a/c is very heavily damaged .
The a/c was originally built by Andy McKinnon and was purchased from his estate by the WW 1 Flying Museum based at Brampton Ontario Canada. It was powered by an L4 Jacobs engine

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Photo (not pretty !): http://www.aircrashobserver.com/e107/news.php?item.3961


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Yikes! Glad he walked away as well! What a horrible weekend. :(

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Went to that link and saw more bad news. Did you see where a pilot bailed out of his P-51 after it got together with a Skyraider that was flying formation with it?

http://www.aircrashobserver.com/e107/news.php?item.3964

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Whoops! I just saw the thread about that posted below this one.

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