Gentlemen

 

I believe the person that died in the RV when the Grumman Avenger taxied over him may have been a Lancair Driver.  He has been identified as Gary Palmer from Ottawa Canada.  The report also states that he was the president of the Ottawa EAA Chapter.  I know or New a guy from Canada that owned a Lancair 235 like my first Lancair.  We used to compare notes at every fly in.  He had an accident in his 235 many years ago when he thru a prop blade (Warp Drive Prop I think) and successfully dead sticked it into a field (he walked away).  The insurance Co. totaled it and he bought it from them and has been in the process of rebuilding it for a long long time.  I was just talking to him at Sun n Fun and he told me that he was getting close to finishing it.  I hope and pray that it is not him, but that seems like a lot of coincidences if it is not.  The age is also about right.

 

Tom Byrnes Lancair IV N54TB