[varmint]

either a long ez or a vari-ez. he was thinking of buying the plane and had taken it up for a test. the owner had modified it. the lever to switch tanks is normally located below the seat. this plane had it over the right shoulder. denver did something dumb, but that happens to many pilots with enough hours. he ran out of fuel. they figure he could have got it restarted in time if not for that.

met him at oshkosh when i was seven or so. he had a pitts special then. if he'd been a bad pilot, that's the plane that would have killed him.