Warbird crashes during AirVenture 2007

[A10thunderbolt231]

sad to lose such a great plane the worst crash i have seen at Oshkosh yet and then this year a float plane crashes with engine problems and kills two shame to lose many good pilots

[adonnis010983]

is sad to loose two of the most wonderfull warbird that ever exist in a split second ,yet is more sad when a human life is lost in that split second when this accident happen ,my prays to the family of the pilot who perish

[redtailslick]

Gerry will never be replaced! By the way his 'A' is very close to completion. If things go according to plans you may see more 'A's out there very soon. The 3rd Annual Beck Memorial Fly-in is this weekend in Battle Lake MN.

[hitgu1]

i was there sad day i hope precious metal is back up and flying soon

[soappyguitar]

i was there 2 it was terrible. the warbird was in a huge fireball.

[texNoz]

I hate to hear about these accidents. :( While it sucks to lose yet another war bird, it sucks more to lose a life that can never be repalced.

[5spottedfire5]

i was there they canceled the airshow for the rest of the day

[SunkistPoPAlot]

wtf i was there no they didnt

[5spottedfire5]

well they canceled the flying events

[SunkistPoPAlot]

no they didnt it went on

[steelersfanof2009]

i was there it was the first time i saw a fatality up close and it wasnt pritty... but at least it was quick not slow and painful

[KoNfLiiCkTxX]

i live here i was watching it and it was insane but i get to watch the airshow every year. like a couple years ago they had a b-52 stealth bomber fly right over us

[KoNfLiiCkTxX]

ps the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper OWNS!!!

[tremper47football]

Be glad you didnt see it

[HEISER92]

i was eating a brat and i saw a big poof of smoke....the one plane was flipped upside down because of the propeller hit the horizontal stabilizer and flipped it.

[oldmanperkins]

I was standing under a wing in the rain talking to the English fellow for about a half hour that day before that happened. I wasn't there that Friday. It was one of only two days I wasn't there that year.

Glad I missed it. Sad.

[oldmanperkins]

I stood under a wing in the rain and talked to the English fellow for about a half hour the day before that happened. Wasn't there on Friday. It was one of only two days I wasn't there. Glad I missed it. Sad.

[NIGHTEHAWK]

this wasnt a very good day, i remember standng on the flightline when this happend:(

[Jace981]

I think Walt needs a lesson on WWII planes: WWII planes have no ejection seats

[NIGHTEHAWK]

no they done but there canopy ejects off so they can jump

[pulsejet1]

The guy "ejected his canopy'?

Uhmmmm...yeah...right on there.

[NIGHTEHAWK]

ya he did eject it, the WWII planes could eject the canopy so tat the pilot could get out

[jasperilla777]

We left Oshkosh a couple hours before this happened. I'm glad we missed it. My condolences to the family and friends. Gerry Beck's passing is a great loss to the warbird world. He restored many of those pretty warbirds you see at Oshkosh.

[9529564696]

I was there, they had to cancel an awesome show too

[flyboy260]

The pilot of Stang survived, but the pilot of Precious Metal was killed.

[tbmavengerstuka]

Did the other one survive?

[napoleonpig95]

i saw this and my dad knew the guy in the one that flipped

[flyboy260]

My grandpa's in this. He's the one with the blue hat in the background when the South African guy is talking.