Rememberance

[Harlan (Deceased)]

That is terrible news CINDERS, and I had not heard about it. Thank you for the dedication and it's fitting here.
Thank you Doug!

We all love preserving military history to educate others, but it is also inherently dangerous. Even firing an old rifle can be dangerous. People keep shooting LOW NUMBER 1903's when they are known to explode, and a safer Higher Number 1903 is relatively inexpensive.

We lost this 'sister-ship' BT-13 of our local aircraft a few years ago when it stalled into a flat spin during a training flight. These vehicles and aircraft were dangerous when they were brand new over 60 years ago, and they would 'Bite You' back then.

Both Pilots were killed. I had made friends with the trainee months earlier, and I was talking to him the week before this crash and he told me the 'Training Pilot' was "Trying to kill both of them". The trainee was a very accomplished commercial pilot who had flown several other CAF aircraft for years, but he needed to be checked out in the BT 'Vibrator'.