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Sep 28^th, 2013 at 7:18pm

Well, anyone who tried to get to the field today was made terribly aware that Martock was running some kind of charity run cum fund raiser thingy - their site said there were 8000 pre registered participants. Problem was they forgot to tell the highway patrol and the backup started between exit 4 and 5. Most of us managed to get to 5A, or the Falmouth exit, and managed with only an extra hour tagged onto our trip.

Unfortunately, both Al Coolen and Tod Fowler were caught in the 7 car pile up on the highway and were rear-ended, with nasty results. While both are now home, beaten and bruised, on pain killers and muscle relaxants, their vans, and the contents, were destroyed.

Terrible property loss for both our guys, but thank God they seem to be all right..

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Reply #2 - Sep 28^th, 2013 at 8:00pm

Glad to hear you guys are OK. I saw the emergency vehicles heading down the hwy while getting to the field. What a frigging fubar the traffic was!! Somebody mentioned 12,000 people, in all, descending on Windsor. (Spectators and participants) If that's accurate no wonder there were problems!! Anyway, Al and Todd, hope you heal fast and nothing serious develops.

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Grant Club Member Stone Age Crew Offline Forum User LastOn: Yesterday Join: Aug 29^th, 2011 Posts: 368 Reputation: 0 Halifax, Nova Scotia Gender: Awards: 1 Mood:	Re: highway carnage Reply #5 - Sep 29^th, 2013 at 7:24am Hi Guys Heading up to the field yesterday at 110 clicks when I noticed some guy on the other side flashing his lights.Next thing I knew some guy was coming over the hill waving a sign to slow down. I believe it took me almost an hour to get to the field from that point. I hope you guys are alright. Grant
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Reply #7 - Sep 29^th, 2013 at 6:09pm

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I'm a little sore for sure but I though I'd be a lot worse then I am.
They took me away in an ambulance all strapped down on a back board but I told them I was too evil to be hurt too bad. LOL
Joking aside I think I'm lucky to be alive. The build in safety in modern day vehicles saved me and is truly amazing.
My van and planes did not fair as well. Time will tell how that will unfold.

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painter Club Member The Spray Meister Offline Forum User LastOn: Jan 24^th, 2016 Join: Nov 15^th, 2011 Posts: 47 Reputation: 0 Sackville, NS Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: highway carnage Reply #8 - Sep 29^th, 2013 at 6:14pm Thanks everyone for the support. Still have lots of neck pain,but hope to be flying again soon. The planes need some work. Does wallmart sell new neck parts???????
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Fingers YaBB Moderator I still got all five! Offline Forum User LastOn: Today Join: Mar 22^nd, 2010 Posts: 3,098 Reputation: 0 Dartmouth Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: highway carnage Reply #9 - Sep 29^th, 2013 at 6:30pm I googled neck stuff, and there are bottle necks, necks of land, V necks, sled necks, tough necks, Red necks all kinds of neck stuff, goose and otherwise...in the end, kind of thought this was the appropriate one super glad you guys are OK..
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Ben Lann Aerobatic Pilot Offline Forum User LastOn: Aug 11^th, 2023 Join: Aug 15^th, 2011 Posts: 275 Reputation: 1 New Glasgow, NS Gender: Zodiac sign: Mood:	Re: highway carnage Reply #10 - Sep 29^th, 2013 at 6:49pm Hope you guys are doing alright!
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whitey Club Member Night Vapour Long Duration Champion - Moncton 2013 Fun Fly Offline I Like My Vapour LastOn: Today Join: Mar 10^th, 2011 Posts: 422 Reputation: 1 Bedford, Nova Scotia Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: highway carnage Reply #11 - Sep 30^th, 2013 at 8:14am Bumped into Todd yesterday in the valley. Happy to hear Al and Todd are both Ok. Al, sent you a PM
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Fingers YaBB Moderator I still got all five! Offline Forum User LastOn: Today Join: Mar 22^nd, 2010 Posts: 3,098 Reputation: 0 Dartmouth Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 3 Mood:	Re: highway carnage Reply #13 - Sep 30^th, 2013 at 2:13pm Dan I was inspired by the thought that if he ever looked in his mirror again and saw a coming episode like the "event" on Saturday he could, if he had time, kiss his a** goodbye... but now that you mention it, certainly the light would come in handy for the "other proctological event"
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Reply #15 - Oct 2^nd, 2013 at 4:01pm

Just reading this post now.

Glad to learn that Todd and Al are both recovering well and that both have retained their sense of humour. As Al said, modern cars and vans are well designed. But it doesn't change my shock at learning that two of our pilots were injured on the highway. Rear- enders are bad news as there is absolutely nothing that you can do to prevent them.

Get well quick....hope to soon read that both of you have been to the field.

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Randy Club Member Offline Forum User LastOn: May 6^th, 2024 Join: Mar 28^th, 2010 Posts: 28 Reputation: 0 Hantsport Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 2 Mood:	Re: highway carnage Reply #16 - Nov 14^th, 2013 at 7:05pm Hi Al and Todd, I just read about your incident. That is terrible.. Glad you guys are okay. Sorry about your gear but you can rebuild that, hard to rebuild yourself.
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