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Decorated Vietnam Vet Pilot Dies In Crash
The Citizens' Voice ^
| 7/23/03
| Fred Ney and Tim Gulla
Posted on 07/23/2003 3:31:15 AM PDT by Born Conservative
A 67-year-old expert pilot from Texas died in a fiery plane crash less than 2 miles south of an airport runway at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Tuesday morning.
Thomas Benton Delashaw, whose nickname was "Sharkbait," of Conroe, Texas, was piloting an early 1950s vintage Hawker Hunter military jet aircraft
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: airplanecrash; delashaw; dfc; hawkerhunter; pilot; sharkbait; vietnamvet
Mr. Delashaw received the Distinguished Flying Cross and was one of only 2 active F-104 pilots to graduate from the Air Force's "Top Gun" school (see http://216.87.159.41/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=2991 for a short bio).
To: jeffsher
A "Sharkbait" is listed on the FReeper rolls. No posts lately.
Might it be the same person?
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posted on
07/23/2003 5:13:26 AM PDT
by
petuniasevan
(DING DONG the evil sons of Saddam are dead!)
To: jeffsher
Heres a drink to the long flight home! Smooth sailing Bro.
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posted on
07/23/2003 5:41:39 AM PDT
by
JETDRVR
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