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Osh Kosh 2001 Fouga Magister

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  • Member since
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  • From: hamburg michigan
Osh Kosh 2001 Fouga Magister
Posted by fermis on Friday, January 15, 2016 10:46 PM

I know this is a long shot...but, I know there's some guys here who regularly go to Osh Kosh. Back in 2001, there was a Fouga Magister that crashed, killing pilot and passenger. Wing tip tank broke off, and wing disintegrated.

 Does anybody happen to have a picture if this plane?

I believe that it was polished aluminum (could'a been painted silver), but I can't remember what markings it carried...I want to say it had red/white/blue rudder...but 15 years has fogged my memmory. I have asked a few of the airport "coffee crew", but came up fruitless.

The pilot/owner was Roger Simpson. He hangered/based this plane (as well as a Stearman) at the airport that I now work at...and I had the pleasure of flying with him and he gave me a bit of stick time in the Stearman. I am working on a pair of Magisters now and would like to do one of them as his plane, and it will end up in the display case at the airport, along with some of my other builds.

  • Member since
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  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Friday, January 15, 2016 11:13 PM
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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Friday, January 15, 2016 11:32 PM

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45848

http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=40199

These things were in the acrobatic team "Patrouille de France" and were painted up like the one in the link above. But that's N302FM. The Simpson aircraft was NX301FM. The Israelis used them effectively as tank busters in 1967 (IAI Tzukit).

I've seen one, once, on the ground in a weedy lot at Reno.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Saturday, January 16, 2016 1:23 AM

That's the one, Bill!

Many thanks...I googled every option I could think of to get to a pic. Found articles and NTSB reports, but no joy on a pic. Markings will be a lot simpler than I had in my head.

Another tid bit of info...His passenger was the newlywed wife (1 week) of one of his friends. As a gift, Roger gave them both a ride, his freind the previous day. The final flight of this plane was the first time that the wife had ever flown. Tragic.

 

Thanks again!

Thanks for the effort, Phil.

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