Pilot William Buchmann and skydiver Albert Wing were known to indulge in
games of "chicken," local police have told the FAA. Wing was killed in
April when Buchmann, who was flying the jump plane, collided with him

I was refraining from commenting on this, because of my previous posts about
flying into Deland.

In some ways it would make me feel better if this incident was less an
"accident", and more just plain stupidity on the part of the pilot and
jumper.

Still, having flown into Deland when there were literally dozens of jumpers
in the air, and jump planes diving into the pattern in front of us, I can't
help but think that this kind of accident was inevitable, given the
intensive nature of the parachuting that occurs there.

No matter how you look at it, the whole thing was a nasty shame. I wonder
how it's affected their business?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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