ADAMS BUD

CPT Bud Adams was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 04/15/1969 at the age of 26 from CH-47A accident during training at Ft. Rucker with IP C.B. Chrobak.
Ft. Rucker, AL
Flight Class 66-7
Date of Birth 05/16/1942
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by John Halvorsen, John Konek, Robert Sisk

More detail on this person: CH-47A 61-02425 was on take-off when, at about 200' AGL, the aft blades went to full pitch which caused the aft pylon to climb, flipping the A/C over to an inverted position on Ft. Rucker.

This information was last updated 02/07/2006

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007