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Postby cowpatz » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:57 am

Very sad to learn of the passing of Bryan Jensen at an airshow at Wheeler field Kansas over the weekend.
Bryan is a Delta captain who regularly flew at airshows around the US in his 410 Hp biplane that he has had since 2009.
As the video shows he never recovered from a spiral descent. Video



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Postby creator2003 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:32 am

Very sad indeed sad.gif r.i.p
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Postby Naki » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:39 pm

RIP..Iris were making a model of this very plane but this has been canned ...although they will still be releasing a Pitts Model 12
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Postby connor » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:45 pm

Very Sad..... sad.gif
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Postby Splitpin » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:18 pm

Yep...RIP.....very sad, but there is going to one hell of an airshow somewhere out there, with all these good people leaving......
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