!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...And the Diamond pilot was walking around????

I toured their factory last year...and took note of the
seating structure that they said would not collapse under the
occupant/pilot..

Kinda looks like they got it right, at least in this case...

Dave


On Tue, 11 May 2004 15:44:27 GMT, "Nasir"
wrote:

"Jeff Meininger" wrote in message


Folks,

What we have been talking about, and fearing happened this afternoon at the
Georgetown airport. I was taxiing to the run-up area near runway 18 when I
saw a Diamond Star on short final. Then all of a sudden I saw a yellow and
blue Extra sport plane approaching fast from short left base to final. He
was higher and slipping down from behind as they usually do. At first I
could not believe my eyes. It looked like the Extra sport plane was going to
go around, or over the Diamond and then they collided about 50 feet in the
air. Both planes spun around in the air and landed on the runway. The
Diamond spun in and landed on its nose then settled on its mains. The Extra
did a flat spin and hit hard on the runway. It happened so fast. I don't
recall hearing any radio calls prior to the collision. Anyway, we stopped in
the run-up area and I got out and ran over to the wreckage on the runway.
The pilot of the Diamond was walking around in a daze and the Extra pilot
was laying on his back on the runway. When I got to him, he was in pain and
complaining about his back. He kept saying that he never saw the other
plane. We calmed him down until emergency personnel came. EMS, Fire
Department, DPS and Police were there in a very short time. The news media
was also there as usual.