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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally posted by t6dpilot
A very good friend of mine was the pilot of the TBM. He is probably one of the most skilled, prudent, and consciencious (sp?) pilots I know, so it makes no sense that this happened. It was an absolutely tragic accident. The passenger of the RV died and the pilot walked away. The mixing of really small aircraft with really large aircraft on taxiways during the Oshkosh airshow is a real potential for this kind of thing to happen. I am surprised that it has not happened sooner. It is just friggin' tragic....
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And the last I heard the EAA refuses to talk about doing things differently or requiring wing walkers for the bigger taildraggers in the future.
It was a shame what happened, and a bigger shame that the EAA is not doing anything to prevent it from happening again.
Joe
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