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RIP John Uptigrove - Mosquito designer
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Sad news yesterday John Uptigrove went down near Calgary. John was an engineer and designer of the original Mosquito helicopter Don't know much more than what was in the local news https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-ne ... identified https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2018/07 ... river.html |
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| Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:22 pm |
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(Rumor) he hit a powerline..... I went on Google earth and did find a single wire crosses the river in that area and the poles are hard to see among the trees. |
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| Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:43 pm |
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 That's a real loss....._________________  A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:38 pm |
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I was sorry to hear that..
_________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:15 am |
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Confirmed it was power lines he hit .... actually a single wire strung across the river and the poles were hidden in trees on the riverbank .... kind of a farm to farm hydro line ..... hard to see from the ground and nearly impossible to see from the air. DARN!!! http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-i ... 8w0098.asp |
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