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Jul 12^th, 2005 at 11:40am

The Ruptured Duck Offline
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I just read in the newspaper this morning that 2 air show performers, Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin, died in an air show collision. Jimmy Franklin was the only person to strap a jet engine to the bottom of a Waco, and have a wing walker at the same time. Apparently Jimmy Franlkin, Bobby Younkin, and Jim Leroy were imitating a WW1 dogfight when Franklin and Younkin collided and exploded.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050711/CRASHSB1...

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing" -Ben Franklin&&&&"Man must rise above the Earth to the top of the atmosphere and beyond, for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." - Socrates&&&&" Flying is a religion. A religion that asymilates all who get a taste of it." - Me&&&&"Make the most out of yourself, for that is all there is of you"- Ralf Waldo Emerson&&

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Reply #1 - Jul 12^th, 2005 at 1:19pm

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Sad news indeed - see the Real Aviation section...

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Reply #2 - Jul 12^th, 2005 at 7:35pm

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If someone with multiple personality disorder threatens suicide, is it a hostage situation?

Thou shalt maintain thine airspeed lest the ground shalt rise up and smite thee

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Reply #3 - Jul 12^th, 2005 at 11:12pm