For those of you who follow the warbird scene - Howard Pardue was killed yesterday when his F8F crashed on takeoff:

http://photorecon.net/howard-pardue-gone-west

Oh man, what a bummer, another rare bird is gone like so many more now, and not to forget Howard who was a staple to air racers.

Oh dang!! Not only for Howard's loss, but also for the loss of a very rare warbird....