TreyB
Registered: 01/26/07
Posts: 96
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Went up with Mike Hebert and found this Vultee Vibrator high atop the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. Talk about a helluva hike- about 7 miles each way with a 3,000 foot elevation gain.
Very interesting crash in that the investigators really had no idea how the plane ended up where it did as the instructor was to serve as lookout for the student flying under the hood. They guessed that the pilot must had fallen asleep in the front seat and was awoken by the heavy canyon air drafts just before they hit. When he tried to turn the plane, he banked the plane in a dive and clipped some trees and crashed.
Trey
http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com/Vultee%20BT-13%20Valiant.htm
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djordan
Registered: 12/09/06
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Trey,
Now that's the kind of wreck site I like to visit. Reminds me of the wrecks Jim Rowan and I went to in Northern California. Lots of stuff to see!
Don J.
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"Aircraft Wrecks In The Mountains And Deserts Of California"
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JimRowan
Registered: 11/30/06
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Nice find Trey.~~~ Roger that Don. |
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DaveTrojan
Registered: 12/31/06
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Impressive! nice find
DaveT
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TreyB
Registered: 01/26/07
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Thanks Don, Jim and Dave! |
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TimApNy
Registered: 09/03/07
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