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"Out of fuel, out of hope: 'Help, I'm in the water'"
Out of fuel, out of hope: 'Help, I'm in the water'
A 20-year-old from Springfield who had hoped to swim in the Olympics was flying a single-engine plane to his college in Wisconsin late Monday night when he ran out of fuel over Lake Michigan. at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20050...5912-7691r.htm |
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Here's a couple more links.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/apr05/321506.asp http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/m...?packageid=774 |
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Here's a couple more links.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/apr05/321506.asp http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/m...?packageid=774 Shoot, accidentally hit send before I could comment on the links.. The first one is an article, which might require registration. The second is link doesn't require registration, and has the audio of the 911 call. Seriously bone chilling.. Also on the second link is the WTMJ news segment, where Wisconsin Aviation's president Jeff Baum makes a good point of what this young man did wrong. |
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Ben wrote:
Also on the second link is the WTMJ news segment, where Wisconsin Aviation's president Jeff Baum makes a good point of what this young man did wrong. Yet another high-visibility, totally preventable GA accident. Ben, would you mind paraphrasing what Mr. Baum said (although I can certainly guess)? I have been trying to avoid installing RealPlayer software. -- Peter |
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Ben, would you mind paraphrasing what Mr. Baum said (although I can
certainly guess)? I have been trying to avoid installing RealPlayer software. Yeah, I can't stand RealPlayer either. I encoded the audio only to MP3, they about 500k bytes each. The Newscast: http://tinyurl.com/8dxcf The 911 Call: http://tinyurl.com/b8roa |
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Ben wrote:
I encoded the audio only to MP3, they about 500k bytes each. Thank you, Ben. That was very considerate of you. I was able to listen to both audio clips. -- Peter |
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Peter R. wrote:
Ben, would you mind paraphrasing what Mr. Baum said (although I can certainly guess)? I have been trying to avoid installing RealPlayer software. You ought to try Real Alternative. It'll allow you to play those .ram files without all the spyware. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN VE |
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"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:
You ought to try Real Alternative. It'll allow you to play those .ram files without all the spyware. Very cool. Thanks! -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/m...?packageid=774
Good God. He couldn't have lasted long -- the water temperature is too cold. What an awful, horrible, heart-breaking audio. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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There sure was a lot of irrelevant information requested by the
sherriff... I don't think that finding out what his name is will be all that helpful in getting a rescue underway... just location, plane type and color, injuries, and go look for him. Is there any good reason to waste time asking for his name and such, when other information (like, since the communications was bad, "say twice your location") might be more helpful for a quick response? Surely the sherriff has a callback feature that would ring the cellphone if contact was lost (which is most likely due to the phone falling into the lake) Jose -- Get high on gasoline: fly an airplane. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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