How about this:

"Plane Crashes in NY as Pilot Parachutes Out

Haverstraw, NY - An empty small plane crashed in the Hudson River off
Bowline Point Park yesterday after the pilot suffered leg pains and
parachuted out.

The unidentified pilot, who landed in the water and was rescued, didn't
suffer any serious injuries, Rockland County executive's office spokeswoman
C.J. Miller said. The pilot bailed out because he had leg pins and couldn't
pull the plane out of a dive, Miller said.

The plane went down at 4:41 pm, Haverstraw Police Department dispatcher
Edward Lopez said.

The Cirrus SR22 fixed-wing single-engined plane was lost on radar about 10
miles from Westchester County Airport, FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac said.
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Now the news last night mentioned that the airplane had a parachute, which
was deployed. Perhaps the pilot also had a parachute (a real belt and
braces kind of guy!) and decided that the Cirrus one wasn't big enough, but
I somehow doubt it.

Leg pains prevent you from pulling out of dive? Huh?

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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http://www.lodinews.com/articles/200...nes_050629.txt

According to Airnav, Lodi has three public airports within 4 miles.
One is listed as having skydive operations.
The C182 is a very popular jump ship (forget they showed a picture of
the RG, that's almost certainly a random C182 from the photo library).
Guess where the jump pilot may decide to circle down, in left turns
after dropping a load?

I love these conspiracy theorists.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
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"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"