Lake Winnepausaukee

Well, I have a Harley. I'm sure that's nuttin' but noise to this guy.

mike regish

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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"mike regish" wrote:

Yeah. I also think boats and RV's (the BIG gas guzzlers-not the winged
kind)
should be banned too. And then there are ATV's, motorcycles, yada, yada,

hey - what's the problem with motorcycles?

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

Plane Takes Off Without Pilot

POSTED: 5:22 pm EDT June 20, 2005
UPDATED: 6:30 pm EDT June 20, 2005

BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A small plane crashed into a Lebanon County
neighborhood Monday afternoon.

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The small prop plane took off without its pilot and ended up in Bethel
Township, not too far from the Farmer's Pride Airport.

The 1940 J-3 airplane took off through a field, missed some trees, went
between two houses and ended up in the middle of the road.

Pilot Ron Snyder started the propeller by himself. That's a job that
usually requires two people. The plane did not get into the air, but it
did taxi across a field and then Airport Road, taking out a light pole and
damaging its wing.

Snyder is a retired commercial pilot.

"I just watched it and I tried to get in there and get the throttle back.
Of course, I couldn't. I just watched it take off. I just tried to make
sure there wasn't anybody over there -- not that I could do anything about
it, but there wasn't anybody there and I thought it was going to hit those
trees, but it got right in between the trees and cart-wheeled," Snyder
said.

No one was hurt. The light pole, a stop sign and the plane were the only
property damaged. The plane might be a loss. Snyder said the plane was
worth about $30,000.

A representative from the Federal Aviation Administration is on the scene
and will do a full investigation.

"mike regish" wrote in message
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Well, I have a Harley. I'm sure that's nuttin' but noise to this guy.

To a lot of other people, too.

If you can find it, read Dave Barry's piece on Harley riders. :~)

Skylune wrote:
Plane Takes Off Without Pilot



The small prop plane took off without its pilot and ended up in Bethel
Township, not too far from the Farmer's Pride Airport.

The 1940 J-3 airplane took off through a field, missed some trees, went
between two houses and ended up in the middle of the road.


"I just watched it and I tried to get in there and get the throttle back.
Of course, I couldn't. I just watched it take off. I just tried to make
sure there wasn't anybody over there -- not that I could do anything about
it, but there wasn't anybody there and I thought it was going to hit those
trees, but it got right in between the trees and cart-wheeled," Snyder
said.

No one was hurt. The light pole, a stop sign and the plane were the only
property damaged. The plane might be a loss. Snyder said the plane was
worth about $30,000.

A representative from the Federal Aviation Administration is on the scene
and will do a full investigation.

This is what us neophytes call the crash zone.

JG