Re: [Philmont]: Copper Park plane wrek

On July 3, 1992, former Philmont Ranger Scott A. Begin wrote in SCOUTS-L:
"In 1988, there were two plane crashes: an A26-C slammed into the ridge
above french henry (I was nabbed for the search team for that one), and the
location, although not on Philmont property, is marked on the new 1:24000
scale Philmont maps. Both persons on board were killed."

An expedition trip report found at
http://bellsouthpwp.net/r/p/rpettys/day7.html discusses it and has a copy
of the NTSB report.

Rich

On 12/8/05, Jason Cotting <jasoncotting@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I believe it is a B24 Liberator (don't quote me). I never got to go see
> it, but I always wanted to. The story is that it was a part of a Confederate
> Air show flying to a show to go on display. I think it was either the 80's
> or 90's. Anyway, since they were going to the air show, they had baseball
> caps as memorabilia to sell once they got there. It crashed up on the ridge.
> Not sure if it was weather, mechanical dificulty or what. From those I know
> who have gone to see it, it's kinda spooky. You can still find baseball caps
> up there and pieces of the plane that haven't deteriorated yet (like the
> seats) as opposed to the one on trail peak.
>
> I was told that not long ago, family members were escorted up there to pay
> their respects. All on board were killed.
>

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Received on Fri Dec 9 09:55:31 2005