New Hampshire Pilot Buys Dream Floatplane, Crashes, Dies
It was to be a red-letter day for 37-year old Daren Banfield. An
avid fan of antique aircraft and aviation from days gone by,
Banfield (below) bought a 1942 Cessna T-50 Friday and decided
to fly it home.
He never made it.
Damage assessment of EAA's B-17 Aluminum Overcast continues at
the Van Nuys Airport in California, where the vintage World War II
aircraft suffered a landing gear failure after safely landing there
last Wednesday, May 5. The immediate goal is to determine what
repairs are necessary to the B-17, which is currently on the Van
Nuys ramp awaiting available hangar space.
When we grow up (or enter our second childhood, we're not sure
which), I want to be Tyson Rininger. He gets to fly in really cool
airplanes and he gets to take pictures of even more cool airplanes.
Here's his latest series of stills shot at the Paraiso Vineyards
Air Show (And Haircut Party).
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