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trubritz
07-31-03, 01:07 PM
http://espn.go.com/rpm/others/2003/0730/1587635.html

A name synonymous with the IOM TT. RIP
devilmaster
07-31-03, 01:11 PM
:(

Steve
Joe in LA
07-31-03, 02:33 PM
Very Sad, the third IOM great in about the past year.
lone_groover
07-31-03, 03:55 PM
He's been around so long, you think he'd be around forever.

This is so sad.
jcollins28
08-01-03, 05:01 PM
No way! This is so hard to believe. What sad news to read.:(
Hink
08-05-03, 06:41 AM
Hislop was seriously big. Not a great year for TT fans.
Chaos
08-05-03, 02:54 PM
ironic that a person survives such a dangerous career and dies this way.
Treeface
08-05-03, 04:04 PM
RIP :(
Broke his neck a few years ago and came back to win the BSB title.


Newbie pilots kill themselves at a pretty high rate. Folks see the great safety numbers for commercial jets and assume it's the same but general aviation fatal accident rates are higher than cars. Both per mile and hour.