Not exactly "cool"
Saturday, April 14, at 2:50pm CST, CAF member Roy D. Green, 53 of Midland TX took his Fairchild PT-19A single engine aircraft to the skies. While flying just north of the MAF, heading due south, the plane encountered a severe downdraft, causing the aircraft to slam into the runway while attempting a touch and go. He did not survive the crash. His co-pilot/passenger, Lt. Mangred Aust of the German Air Force survived the crash with minor injuries. The craft hit nose first into the runway, smashing the entire front section up to the co-pilot seat. I mention this tragic event cause the pilot, Roy D. Green was a good friend of mine and helped me obtain my private pilots liscense, as well as let me take the controls of that very aircraft on occaision. Its a sad time for us in the CAF community. I just thought Id mention this since he too, was a fan of the Wing Commander games.
God bless you Roy.
RFB
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Saturday, April 14, at 2:50pm CST, CAF member Roy D. Green, 53 of Midland TX took his Fairchild PT-19A single engine aircraft to the skies. While flying just north of the MAF, heading due south, the plane encountered a severe downdraft, causing the aircraft to slam into the runway while attempting a touch and go. He did not survive the crash. His co-pilot/passenger, Lt. Mangred Aust of the German Air Force survived the crash with minor injuries. The craft hit nose first into the runway, smashing the entire front section up to the co-pilot seat. I mention this tragic event cause the pilot, Roy D. Green was a good friend of mine and helped me obtain my private pilots liscense, as well as let me take the controls of that very aircraft on occaision. Its a sad time for us in the CAF community. I just thought Id mention this since he too, was a fan of the Wing Commander games.
God bless you Roy.
RFB
log on to http://www.oaoa.com, sunday edition for complete story and photo of crashed aircraft