Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #26063
From: James Brewer <alpha@concordnc.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Vari-EZ fatality
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:26:34 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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:
?Little did I know that there had been a fatal long-EZ accident on
?base-to-final 15 min earlier.


?A tragic day ?a friend lost. Dan Patch, who had flown his varieze
?for 24 years, was the safety officer of our local EZ-squadron
?(canard aircraft club) crashed yesterday on approach to Brown field
?in San Diego. ?Dan has done a lot of teaching of formation flying
?and was a very experienced pilot. ?He was on approach with another
?varieze.??All I know is the words of his wifes e-mail, He
?apparently went below another eze that he was flying with and
?didn't make it.??Our sympathies are with his wife, son, and
?daughter.


?Al



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