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From: James Brewer <alpha@concordnc.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:26:34 -0400
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Vari-EZ fatality
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Al, 
I am sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.  I have a question about=
 the local reporting
by the San Diego Union saying  a female pilot was killed.  
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050820-1227-planecrash.html
Are we talking about the same place?  

Jim Brewer


On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:21:25 -0700, Al Gietzen wrote:
>=A0Little did I know that there had been a fatal long-EZ accident on
>=A0base-to-final 15 min earlier.
>
>
>=A0A tragic day =A0a friend lost. Dan Patch, who had flown his varieze
>=A0for 24 years, was the safety officer of our local EZ-squadron
>=A0(canard aircraft club) crashed yesterday on approach to Brown field
>=A0in San Diego. =A0Dan has done a lot of teaching of formation flying
>=A0and was a very experienced pilot. =A0He was on approach with another
>=A0varieze.=A0=A0All I know is the words of his wifes e-mail, He
>=A0apparently went below another eze that he was flying with and
>=A0didn't make it.=A0=A0Our sympathies are with his wife, son, and
>=A0daughter.
>
>
>=A0Al