[Jeff Gordon]

" "bad things that aren't as bad as the alternative."

I saw a Thrunderbird crash at the airshow at Transpo 72 at Dullas Airport. The plane was flying straight up when it lost power at about 2000 ft. The plane immediately starting falling, tail first. The pilot safely punch out. He then parachuted directly into the buring wreckage of the plane. He died.

[djf]

Dam! Well, when your number is up, your number is up. But of all the ways to go, fire gotta be the worse.

[Imal]

Damn! Now there's a classic case of "fortunately/unfortunately" for ya. Poor guy, that really sucked!

[spodefly]

Your droll storytelling made me laugh ... now I feel bad.

[Interesting Times]

I saw a Thrunderbird crash at the airshow at Transpo 72 at Dullas Airport. The plane was flying straight up when it lost power at about 2000 ft. The plane immediately starting falling, tail first. The pilot safely punch out. He then parachuted directly into the buring wreckage of the plane. He died.

I saw that crash as well. My recollection is that the pilot punched out successfully, but his chute was destroyed by the fireball and he fell to his death. There were two other fatalities at that show; a hang-glider pilot and a pylon racer.