Many of you knew this personable giant–Captain Harry Tarleton Jenkins, Jr. USN, (Ret). Harry died in a plane crash on August 2,1995, at Prescott, Arizona on a return trip to San Diego from the annual Experimental Aircraft Association convention and air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He was flying the experimental Long Eze design he built in his garage in Coronado, California, over an eight-year period. He had flown this plane for nearly five years before this accident. His aircraft crashed during take-off when the engine lost power due to magneto failure. His son, Chris, a passenger, survived the crash.
Breckner, former fighter pilot, dies in car crash (William Breckner)
A former fighter pilot and prisoner of war in Vietnam who retired from the Air Force as a major general has died in a crash on Colorado 105. State troopers say William “Bud” Breckner, 74, of Monument, was driving home when he lost control on a curve and slid into
