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May 11th, 2008, 02:57
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Gilbert, AZ
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|  Fighter Combat fatal crash Saw these guys all the time during my training at Willie (KIWA). If I'm not mistaken the accident plane is N133EE. RIP guys. http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news...908-CR-CP.html
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May 11th, 2008, 04:16
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Phoenix
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|  Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash quite the impact, that is a strong plane. |
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May 11th, 2008, 09:36
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May 11th, 2008, 10:18
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Titusville
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| Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash Very sad...  RIP to them |
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May 11th, 2008, 11:12
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash I've trained with that outfit - outstanding individuals. I'm very sorry to hear this. |
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May 11th, 2008, 11:55
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Left Seat
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 | Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash I had lunch with those guys all the time when I was working out of IWA. A really great group of people. What a shame. |
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May 11th, 2008, 14:01
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KIWA
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| Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash Sad indeed.. anyone know who the IP was? I did my spin/upset recovery training with them a couple years ago..
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May 11th, 2008, 22:29
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 3.5 mi North of the world's busiest GA airport
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  | Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash Man, that really sucks! We have been having a run of bad luck here in The Valley recently. RIP.
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May 11th, 2008, 22:39
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Queen Creek, AZ
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| Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash I live just a few miles from the crash site. This area is popular for aerobatic flight and GA training. RIP to those involved.
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May 11th, 2008, 22:41
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mesa Oeste
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| Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash These guys were total professionals. RIP.
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May 11th, 2008, 23:38
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| Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Gilbert, AZ
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| Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash  It's been reported that the IP was Jim "Clap" Clapper. I only talked to him a couple times during my time at IWA but he struck me as a down to earth cool dude. Served his country flying F-4s and 105s, was an A&P mechanic, had a BS in Aviation Engineering Technology and also had an MBA, was a past AZ state champion in Advanced Aerobatics, and tons more. Came across to me like a guy you'd just like to hang with.
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May 12th, 2008, 10:37
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Richland Hills
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| Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash Very Sad! I had researched this place for aerobatics training and was just waiting on the money to do it. Still plan on training there though. I hope it was one of the planes with the onboard cameras so they can find out what happened.
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May 12th, 2008, 13:02
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| Re: Fighter Combat fatal crash RIP. I saw these guys all the time at IWA, they were always having fun.
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May 14th, 2008, 00:40
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin, TX / Grand Forks, ND
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yeah that would be very interesting to have useable video footage to see what happened. shame the chutes didnt help them either.
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