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Re: N234Q
Wasn't that one of the ealier Velocitys with the aft fuel bulkhead in the
original position before Danny moved it forward to help deter the deep
stall condition? I believe the original position is where the 1600 mile
range came from. I think that range is in reality reduced by some measure
that correlates to the change in bulkhead position. Comments?
Greg Otto - Dallas
David Brown <velcty@earthlink.net> on 04/20/98 05:27:46 PM
To: reflector@awpi.com
cc: (bcc: Greg Otto/CONTRACTOR/DALLAS/CYRIX)
Subject: Re: N234Q
>Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:23:58
>To: reflector@awpi.com
>From: David Brown <velcty@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: N234Q
>
>At 01:56 PM 4/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>>From the FAA:
>>
>>
>>**** 04/20/98 Preliminary Accident/Incident Data Record RECORD 1
****
>>A. Type: Accident Mid Air:N Missing:N Entry date: 04/20/98
>>From: GREAT LAKES REGION OPERATIONS CENTER
>>
>>B. Reg.No.: 234Q M/M: EXP Desc: EXP/HMBLT: VELOCITY
>>Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown GA-A/C: General Aviation
>>Descr: SUSPECT ACFT (EXPERIMENTAL VELOCITY) WAS BEING TRACKED BY THE U.S.
>> CUSTOMS SERVICE WHEN IT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A
>> SCHOOL PLAYGROUND, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL
INJURIES,
>> THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, DRUGS WERE FOUND ON BOARD THE ACFT,
>> DETROIT, MI.
>>
>
>Amazing!!!!
>
>The small article in our local paper said that this plane
>was being followed from the El Paso area. Didn't say what type
>of plane it was. Apparently the pilot realized he was being followed
>and was trying to make the Canadian border.
>
>Guess this kind of independently verifies a Velocity's range.
>
>The article said that many of the neighborhood residents hauled
>off with much of the "stash" while the injured pilot lay dying.
>
>Dave Brown - Dallas
>