| AVGWarhawk |
06-08-09 08:09 AM |
I will post some more tonight. Sad news, perhaps you might remember the P-40 I posted from last years show, well Bob died and it was posted on the WW2 weekend site. I figured he died of some aliment. So, I was bumming that the plane would not be there this year. I got an opportunity to speak with the event director yesterday and we got to talking about the P-40 and Bob. He said Bob was at an airshow in NY over the water. He made a manaever over the water and went in. No one knows what happened. All we know is the end result is one dead pilot(one hell of a nice guy, I spoke with Bob last year for a good 45 minutes) and one completely destroyed P-40 aircraft....what a downer for me hearing that yesterday. However, the show went on minus one P-40 and pilot.....the A-6 Texans made a missing man formation flight in his honor. Watching that Supermarine Spitfire fly lifted my spirits and made my day after such sad news.
A nice websit on Bob and his P-40. One hell of a nice guy and I will certainly remember talking with Bob about his P-40. He is certainly one of those breeds that loved to play with his toy(P-40) with anyone who was interested. Bob certainly did with me at last years event. Short of flying the aircraft, Bob let me have at it and hands on one of my most favorite warbirds....the Curtis P-40. Rest in peace Bob! Link to Bob Baranaskas below:
http://indytransponder.blogspot.com/...aranaskas.html
CURTIS
P-40E "WARHAWK"
'OLD EXTERMINATOR'
http://www.maam.org/wwii/images/IMG_2045M_small.jpgIT IS WITH GREAT SORROW THAT WE MUST REPORT THAT BOB BARANASKAS OF WARBIRDS OVER LONG ISLAND HAS PASSED AWAY. THOUGH HE AND HIS WARHAWK WILL NOT BE AT THE SHOW, WE KNOW HE WILL BE THERE IN SPIRIT. OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO HIS FAMILY.
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