"Monk" wrote in message
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473498,00.html

PALESTINE, Texas — Federal investigators are looking into an accident
involving a small plane at an eastern Texas airfield that injured a 6-
year-old girl.

Palestine fire officials said the girl was alone in the Cessna 150
when her 81-year-old grandfather, Virgil Fielden of Fairfield,
manually started the engine of the two-seat plane Sunday afternoon.

Fire Capt. Kyle Betterton says the plane began rolling unexpectedly
and crashed into nearby woods. He says it never left the grounds of
Palestine Municipal Airport.

Betterton says the girl wasn't seriously injured but was airlifted to
Children's Medical Center in Dallas as a precaution. Fielden was
treated for minor injuries at a Palestine hospital.

Palestine is about 100 miles southeast of Dallas.


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A grandpa trying to share some good memory with his granddaughter. He
should have asked for help in getting the plane started. His heart
was ni the right place. Glad no one was hurt.

Monk
I'm 72 and can still remember setting in the cockpit of a Buhl Pup at the
age of 6 and being scared because my uncle was pulling the prop thru oiling
the rockers. Of course the mag switch was off, and of course the mag switch
was in the cockpit with me. I would have been alright if the thing had
started as long as I didn't touch the throttle. The land to the east of
Artesia NM is flat and the Pup would have just run out of gas after a long
taxi. I don't think there were any trees in the way short of Amarillo.