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 Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: Jon Croke unfortunate incident again |
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I'm sending this a second time as the first seems to have been lost.
Ok List, It is true Jon Croke has had another episode of 701 and tree. I
have just finished talking with him and he has no recollection of any
part of the incident. Jon did sustain minor injuries with about 40
stitches, some under the chin and knee, he also has quite a few bruises
on his leg and is using crutches for a few days. Luckily nothing is
broken other then his dignity. A quick run down on the incident, Jon was
making an approach to his private strip beside his residence, which he
has done several times before and has a total of 10 hrs on this new 701
when he clipped a tree on his neighbors property prior to the threshold
of his runway. Jon always approaches through a cleared opening just to
the side of that stand of trees but on this occasion it almost seems
that the got caught into a cross wind and pushed laterally into the path
of the tree. The wing struck the top branches and caused the 701 to
rotate and make a small spiral into the ground. This time there were no
trees to slow Jon down and he plummeted from the 60ft height with full
throttle into the ground nose first. It looks as if the tail and
possibly a part of the rear fuselage are salvageable but little else has
survived. The plane will be recovered this weekend and I will post
pictures of the plane later. Jon spent the night in the hospital and
underwent several exams in which he has been dealt a hefty bill.
Jon is embarrassed and has a hurt pride from this event happening once
again but he has a determination to re-build once again, he hopes that
his engine is repairable as the cost of a new one is more then he can
afford at present. Both David and I are friends of Jon and realize that
his sole source of income is from the sales of DVD's on his HYPERLINK
"http://www.homebuilthelp.com/"www.homebuilthelp.com website. With this
in mind we have informed Jon that we will be donating all the parts that
we have for our 701, which consists of the wings and several skins for
his re-construction. If possible, I would like to ask everyone who is
able, to purchase a DVD or two from Jon's website. This will go a long
way to help him recover from the hospital expenses and hopefully allow
him to start re-building his 701, Jon has too much pride to accept any
donations but he cannot refuse a DVD sale. Please do not try to call him
for awhile and lets not ask to much of him with E-Mails. I will be
posting everything we learn about the event ASAP to this list and Jon
will send a letter when he has recovered emotionally. OK , Guys lets
support one of our own, especially one who ahs always been there for us
and willing to share, buy a great DVD for your collections.
Mark Townsend
Can-Zac Aviation Ltd.
president(at)can-zacaviation.com
www.can-zacaviation.com
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Michael Valentine
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:40 am Post subject: Jon Croke unfortunate incident again |
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This is a great idea and a nice way to help. Until I visited the
site, I did not realize how many topics his videos covered. As you
can all probably tell from my recent posts, the Electrical Wiring 101
video will come in very handy for me - it will certainly be more of a
help to me than the $25 will be to him!
Best of luck to Jon.
Michael Valentine
do not archive
On 6/29/06, Zodie Rocket <zodierocket(at)hsfx.ca> wrote:
| Quote: | If possible, I would like to ask everyone who is
able, to purchase a DVD or two from Jon's website. This will go a long
way to help him recover from the hospital expenses and hopefully allow
him to start re-building his 701, Jon has too much pride to accept any
donations but he cannot refuse a DVD sale.
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Rick Roberts
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Orlando, FL
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| Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:17 am Post subject: Jon Croke unfortunate incident again |
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EAA chapter 6 just got four DVDs added to their library !
DO NOT ARCHIVE
Rick
Sharpsburg, GA. USA
http://www.n701rr.com
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Tommy Walker
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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Location: Anniston, AL 36207
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| Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:02 pm Post subject: Jon Croke unfortunate incident again |
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Hi Rick,
Have you made any progress on your 701 since your move to Sharpsburg?
My project is at the wiring stage. I hope to get something done this weekend.
Take care,
Tommy Walker in Alabama
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Rick Roberts
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Orlando, FL
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:51 am Post subject: Jon Croke unfortunate incident again |
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tommy,
Good to hear from you. Well I haven't got much done at all. Since S&F it has been just one thing at home and work after another. But I have started back to putting in a couple of hours on it a day. I too have done a little wiring...not much though. I took my electric flap option off and went back to the manual handle so I had to redo that. I have done all the rudder fairleads and pulleys along with running the rudder cable. Today, hopefully, I will mount the rudder henge plates. At Oskosh this year, I hope my cowling/radiator package will be ready to be picked up. Then I can mount the engine package. (1.3L Geo)
Have you been hitting it at a pretty steady pace? If you ever come down to Aircraft Spruce give me a holla...I live only about 6 miles from it..we could compare rivets or something.
You going to Oskosh?? What engine have you decided on?
Cheers,
Rick
Sharpsburg, GA. USA
http://www.n701rr.com
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jsimons2
Joined: 26 May 2006
Posts: 19
Location: Burlington, NC
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:15 am Post subject: Re: Jon Croke unfortunate incident again |
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Even though I'm on a tight budget right now (2 round trip tickets from NC to California and 601 HDS plans bought in the last 2 weeks) I just ordered Jon's Metalworking 101 DVD. I already have his Scratch Building Basics DVD and hope my purchase will help him as much as it helps me.
Good luck Jon.
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