Mon, Mar 29, 2004
Pilot's Body Found In Wreckage
Sad news from the high desert of New Mexico -- George Cambron's
body has been found in the wreckage of his MiG-17.
The 50-year old Cambron was on a flight from Roswell to Deer
Valley Airport, north of Phoenix (AZ) Thursday when he radioed that
he was having fuel transfer problems, according to New Mexico State
Police.
High winds hampered the search effort on Saturday. All but one
Civil Air Patrol flight was canceled because of gusts that topped
40 mph.
"For the safety of our air crews, we had to recall other
aircraft because we surely didn't want any of our crews to become
subjects of another search," said Tom Fuller, a spokesman with the
Civil Air Patrol. The CAP had planned to launch seven sorties in
the hunt for air show performer George Cambron, an L-39 instructor
pilot and chief pilot for Worldwide Warbirds.
"He's got considerable flight experience from what I
understand," said NMSP Lt. Jimmy Glascock.
State police began a ground search on Thursday with no initial
luck, he said. The CAP had covered 1000 square miles by air, but
also turned up nothing until finding the wreckage Saturday
afternoon.
"Even at 1,000 feet and even with trained observers, it's hard
to detect things on the ground," said CAP spokesman Tom Fuller.
The wreckage was found about 10 miles north of Truth or
Consequences (NM). Cambron was wearing a parachute at the time of
the accident, but his MiG was not equipped with an ejection
seat.
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