Ezell Aviation – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:56:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Ezell Aviation – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Two injured in Sea Fury accident in Breckenridge, Texas https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/07/28/two-injured-in-sea-fury-accident-in-breckenridge-texas/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/07/28/two-injured-in-sea-fury-accident-in-breckenridge-texas/#comments Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:32:31 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3298

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Hawker Sea Fury N254SF in 2007 (Photo Greg Goebel (CC BY-SA 2.0))

Nelson Ezell of Ezell Aviation and his passenger Dustin Mayfield were injured in an accident involving Hawker Sea Fury N254SF on July 25 near Stephen County Airport in Breckenridge, Texas . Details concerning the accident are unavailable, with conflicting versions being provided by media.

More to the point, Breckenridge American reports the following about the health of Ezell and Mayfield:

Ezell sustained serious but not critical injuries, while Mayfield’s injuries were less serious, according to the men’s wives.

We wish both men a speedy recovery.

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]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/07/28/two-injured-in-sea-fury-accident-in-breckenridge-texas/feed/ 1 First post-restoration flight for The ‎Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum’s FG-1D Corsair https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/06/23/first-post-restoration-flight-for-the-%e2%80%8eflying-heritage-combat-armor-museums-fg-1d-corsair/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/06/23/first-post-restoration-flight-for-the-%e2%80%8eflying-heritage-combat-armor-museums-fg-1d-corsair/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2017 08:32:07 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3270 https://www.facebook.com/277369547232/videos/10154543611247233/

Ezell Aviation reported on its Facebook page that The ‎Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum’s FG-1D Corsair BuNo 88303 has made its first post-restoration flight.

 

https://www.facebook.com/277369547232/videos/10154543611287233/

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