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3 dead in C-182 crash along Iditarod route

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Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:01 pm

3 dead in C-182 crash along Iditarod route

http://www.adn.com/2013/03/05/2812281/small-plane-with-3-aboard-overdue.html

Sad ending. Did anyone know Ted Smith?
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Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:13 pm

Re: 3 dead in C-182 crash along Iditarod route

Sorry to learn this. Better details in Alaska Dispatch
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:52 am

Re: 3 dead in C-182 crash along Iditarod route

Bummer. Nature is a mother.
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:00 pm

Re: 3 dead in C-182 crash along Iditarod route

Ted was a good man, and a good pilot. His plane was in for an extensive rebuild/upgrade at the same time I was turning mine from a project back into a plane. He finished first, but we were always excited to compare progress. When we were both back in the air, we swapped rides - I've been in that plane, just as he was one of the first to fly mine after she was airborne again. When I left Alaska, he insisted on escorting me from Anchorage all the way to the border.

He leaves behind a wife he loved deeply, and kids that were his pride and joy.

Last time I saw him, he was waggling his wings, calling safe journey on the radio, as his 182 split for Anchorage, and I headed for Beaver Creek.

Damn, I miss that man.
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Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:15 pm

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I'm sorry for your loss, Dot. Thanks for sharing a very nice tribute of the man.

-DP
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Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:47 am

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Very sorry Dot. Sad ending and a ten yr old too. Very very sad.
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