Subject: Howard Pardue Gone
April 4, 2012, 2 p.m. the Texas aviation community lost a good friend. Howard Pardue of Breckenridge Texas crashed his F8F Grumman Bearcat shortly after takeoff from his home airport in Stephens Field (KBKD) Breckenridge Texas. Many have seen Mr Pardue at airshows and Warbird displays for many, many hears. Mr Pardue had a collection of warbirds that were the best in the world; several F4U Corsairs, F4F Wildcat, Hawker Seafury and his famous Grumman F8F Bearcat. Howard was a former Marine Corp pilot and was 77 years old and was a very likeable Marine.
He will be missed.
Jerry Gardner
The first time I saw Mr. Purdue, he was flying his Seafury at the San Marcos airshow. It was one of the most exciting things I've ever seen. He was a regular at every Central Texas airshow...and he will be missed by the avaition community.
Wow, I'm so sorry to hear of Mr. Pardue's death. I saw his Bearcat at an airshow in Waco, back in the late 1980s. It was a beautiful war-bird. The aviation community has suffered a tragic, double loss in this accident. RIP Howard Pardue
ReplyDeleteGary Brantley
Cameron, Texas