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Whoops, I meant will rogers
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Ok, Will Rogers died in a plane crash, but not in a Trimotor, he died in an experimental aircraft built and flown by no less an aviator than Wiley Post!
The aircraft was powered by a single 550 HP P&W wasp, which quit on takeoff, resulting in a classic stall/spin.
Here's a good link to Post in front of his Lockheed Vega, the
Winnie Mae out at Floyd Bennett field.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/rudyarnold/rabw997.jpg