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john_graham
Joined: 09 Aug 2007
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Location: Algonquin, IL
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 Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: Illinois Yak-5 crash |
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Many of you have read of the Yak-52 crash in Illinois
at the Lake in the Hills airport (3CK) on Labor Day.
My best friend, who was also my flight instructo and
flying buddy, was killed in the accident.
Dave Burdine was a former Navy fighter pilot with
combat experience over the skies of Iraq. He
graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, went to Navy
Flight School, finished first in his class and
selected the F14 as his plane to fly. After receiving
specialized training in Soviet tactics, he was
designated a Navy Adversary Instructor Pilot teaching
military pilots how to engage and shoot down MiGs like
the one he now flies in airshows! He was selected to
go to Topgun and was also a Spin Instructor teaching
other F14 pilots how to recover control of their jet
in a spin. He is one of few who has intentionally done
a LOMCEVAK (the tumbling end over end that little
biplanes do) in a jet! His last Navy assignment was as
Commanding Officer of the Advanced Flight Training
Squadron in Meridian, Mississippi.
David enjoyed teaching others how to fly right side up
and upside down in the Northwest skies of Chicago. He
was the most methodical and responsible flyer I have
ever seen. He also flew his pride and joy MiG-17 in
airshows across the country. You may check out his
web site at www.Squadron17.com.
I can assure all of you that Dave did whatever was
possible to land that plane safely once the probably
engine failure occurred...he was the best pilot I have
ever seen or ever flew with. If Dave couldn't bring
it down and live, I doubt any of us could have. The
plane banked left so as to avoid hitting a row of town
homes that were directly in front of his flight path.
He trained all of us to turn left if we lost power on
take-off from runway 26 and we couldn't make it back
to the runway.
He was a great pilot, wonderful friend and an even
better person. We have lost one of the best - let us
never forget him or the others that have gone before.
We owe them a lot.
Here is a story that ran in today's local newspaper.
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/09/05/news/local/doc46de7c8331b38663974636.txt
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:22 am Post subject: Illinois Yak-5 crash |
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On Sep 5, 2007, at 9:15 AM, John Graham wrote:
The link didn't work. Could you please check and re-post? Thanks!
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Mark Scrivener
Joined: 04 Aug 2007
Posts: 10
Location: San Jose, CA
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: Re: Illinois Yak-5 crash |
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Link worked fine for me.
John, thanks for sharing. Sounds like Dave was one heck of a guy and a great pilot. Quite sobering when someone with that ability is lost.
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