One Lucky Dude in Milwaukee

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 01:26:06 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

A Cherokee 180 landing in a thunderstorm, ends up entangled in power
lines -- and the pilot survives!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/13/pla...led/index.html

He'd have been a whole lot luckier if he'd stayed on the ground.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 at 19:43:04 in message
, Dan Luke
wrote:
"Another woman said it appeared that the pilot was trying to maneuver
the plane to miss hitting homes."

Does AOPA hand this out in scripts for eyewitnesses to read to the
press?

I remember my father telling me (and this before WW2 or soon after it
started) that nearly all the newspaper reports of aircraft crashes that
he recalled had three components.

1. "The Engine was making a Funny Noise."
2. "The Pilot was struggling with the controls."
3. "The Pilot fought to avoid the 'School', 'Hospital' 'Old
People's Home etc.

My father added, 'Who wants to crash into a large building anyway?' but
that is rather cynical.
--
David CL Francis

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 at 20:35:15 in message
, B A R R Y
wrote:
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:53:19 GMT, David CL Francis
wrote:

On Sun, 13

1. "The Engine was making a Funny Noise."
2. "The Pilot was struggling with the controls."
3. "The Pilot fought to avoid the 'School', 'Hospital' 'Old
People's Home etc.

My father added, 'Who wants to crash into a large building anyway?' but
that is rather cynical.


Don't forget the "loud bang"!

Funny you should mention that. When I was 2 or 3 (yes I do remember some
things back then) and my Father and Mother and I lived in Married
Quarters at Leuchars, I clearly remember hearing a colossal bang and I
grasped that an aircraft had crashed. I remember feeling very annoyed
that my Father refused to take me to see what was going on!

Would you believe that was back around 1932-33? See my not recently
updated WEB site for a picture of me about that time.

http://www.dclf.demon.co.uk/
--
David CL Francis

"David CL Francis" wrote

Funny you should mention that. When I was 2 or 3 (yes I do remember some
things back then) and my Father and Mother and I lived in Married
Quarters at Leuchars, I clearly remember hearing a colossal bang and I
grasped that an aircraft had crashed. I remember feeling very annoyed
that my Father refused to take me to see what was going on!

When I was in 10th grade, I was in the HS choir, and we were going to DC, to
take part in a choir festival. This was to be my first ride into the air.

As we were arriving at the terminal, I (and others) saw a huge cloud of
smoke go up, from the other side of the terminal. I didn't know what it was,
at first.

We checked in, and then heard our flight was to be delayed, due to one of
the Toledo OH air national guard's F-100's crashing off the end of the
runway. I don't remember if it was during takeoff, or what.

Our 707 took off, right over the wreckage, but despite that, I still loved
the flight. Warped? I don't know.

It was 72, or 73, I think. I may go back into the NTSB and see what I can
find out about it, out of curiosity.
--
Jim in NC