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wjones(at)brazoriainet.co
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

Hi group ,this is not Zenith related however thought I would pass it on . 

Wade Jones    South Texas

601XL plans building

Cont. 0200

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Jeyoung65(at)aol.com
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

In a message dated 8/16/2007 6:27:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  wjones(at)brazoriainet.com writes:

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		  http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_39551.shtml 	
  

 DO NOT ARCHIVE



 

 Let me give a WAG, lost of power/partial power on takeoff maybe  causing a stall. Looks like a fire so fuel was in the aircraft-to the  engine would take more information. Jerry-GA



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Gig Giacona

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1416
Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:26 am Post subject: Re: [EAA347] Sonex accident

Is it just me or does the last photo, with the flower seem a in bad taste to anyone else?

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Rick.Beckman(at)atk.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:39 am Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

Nope. Not to me. We send flowers at funerals as a symbol

of sympathy and of hope. I thought it was great. Again, my $.02.



		Do not archive,please.

Is it just me or does the last photo, with the flower seem a in bad

taste to anyone else?

ljkyle(at)insightbb.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:57 am Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

no

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Papa Foxtrot

Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Posts: 6

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:13 am Post subject: Re: [EAA347] Sonex accident

Tough for me to tell for sure due to distance and debris - but I'm guessing it was a Jabiru powerplant??

hrs1(at)frontiernet.net
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:44 am Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

or maybe a memorial picture?  Robert Schoenberger 701 do not archive



Gig Giacona wrote:

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 Is it just me or does the last photo, with the flower seem a in bad taste to anyone else?



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 W.R. &quot;Gig&quot; Giacona

 601XL Under Construction

 See my progress at www.peoamerica.net/N601WR





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Gig Giacona

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1416
Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: Re: [EAA347] Sonex accident

OK it was just me then. Maybe it was journalism background kicked in. It was kind of out of place for a news story.



Papa Foxtrot, What makes you think it was Jab powered? Isn't the VW mod that Sonex sells the engine of choice for them?

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rickpitcher

Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Posts: 76

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:45 am Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

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> Papa Foxtrot, What makes you think it was Jab powered? Isn't the VW mod 

> that Sonex sells the engine of choice for them?

>



 You can see the crankcase and starter quite clearly in the pic.

Definitly a Jabiru.

Last edited by rickpitcher on Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:04 am; edited 1 time in total

Papa Foxtrot

Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Posts: 6

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:52 am Post subject: Re: [EAA347] Sonex accident

 	  Gig Giacona wrote: 	
		  Papa Foxtrot, What makes you think it was Jab powered? Isn't the VW mod that Sonex sells the engine of choice for them? 	


From http://www.sonexaircraft.com/aircraft/sonex.html:



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		  The three recommended powerplants include the 2180cc Volkswagon, 2200 Jabiru, and 3300 Jabiru. 	


Well, I tho't I counted three jugs on one side, but prob'ly just went cross-eyed trying to figure it out.  Looking again - maybe it was a vdub...

mhilderbrand

Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 36

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:43 am Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

Yes! 

 

Michael Hilderbrand

Derby, Kansas

Http://www.kansasflying.com 



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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:57 am Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

Bad boy! Very bad boy! You fogot the Do Not Archive thingy.



Dred



---- Michael Hilderbrand <m_hilderbrand(at)sbcglobal.net> wrote: 

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		   Yes! 

 
	


Michael Hilderbrand

Derby, Kansas

Http://www.kansasflying.com



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ggower_99(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: [EAA347] Sonex accident

Is very very sad to loose a Pilot,  Is dificult to try guess an event like this,  given that most of us are not professionals,  even if any of us has been in search  and rescue.  



Probably a lost of power,  made the pilot try to turn back to land,  now (from the photos) given the distance from the trees in the back, he probably just made it with the glide to that spot, without photos from the back of the airplane to the front, we dont know how much space he had left to complete the emergency landing. 

If only a few yards of clear area to land in front,  he probably tried to hold the plane over the floor and slow as much as possible the airplane.  This probably finished with a final flat stall from a few feet over the floor, that could cause fatal damage...  (New airfoils and airplane designs are kind of spin resistant, but all loose a lot of altitude when they "buffet" or stall, if there is some altitude  left).

If the fire was present when he still was alive...  God Bless Him,  a painfull dead...



What ever happened,  he tried the best he could with what was happening every second of that time... he really tried and I am sure made good decisions...  Just to much odds against him... RIP.  My prayers to his Family.



Saludos

Gary Gower

Do not archive.



wade jones <wjones(at)brazoriainet.com> wrote:[quote] --> Zenith-List message posted by: "wade jones" 



Hi group ,this is not Zenith related however thought I would pass it on . 

Wade Jones    South Texas

601XL plans building

Cont. 0200

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XIUYAN1

Joined: 25 Jun 2008
Posts: 6

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:59 am Post subject: los-angeles-times

Да, решено.

ура-ура.... аффтара сенкс!

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