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Rick Potter
06-25-2012, 8:34 PM
My wife told me today at lunch the son had talked to a guy he knew with a biplane. The owner said he would take her for a ride if our son just paid for some gas. Scheduled it for this weekend.

Yesterday the pilot was up flying around and the engine quit. He looked around and found a field to set down in. The field had recently been plowed (for fire hazard, not agriculture, it's SoCal). Plane went in, wheels immediately sunk in dirt, and it did an endo three times, tearing the wings and a lot of other stuff off.

Pilot walked away. Not sure my soon to be 70 wife would have.

Thank you Lord,
Rick Potter

Jim Becker
06-25-2012, 9:30 PM
O. K. Timing is everything. Sad to hear about the beautiful plane, but glad the pilot was fine. And yes, it would have been a tough one for your wife if she had been along for the ride.

Bruce Page
06-25-2012, 10:57 PM
Wow, that was a close call!
I have a good friend that home built a beautiful RV-8 two-seater. I machined some custom air intake parts for it so he wanted to repay me with a ride. I told him to bring me a case of beer instead.. :)