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Old October 24th 03, 05:45 PM
Dan
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From FAA website: http://www2.faa.gov/avr/aai/B_1017_Y.txt

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: UNK Make/Model: GLID Description: GLIDER
Date: 10/16/2003 Time: 1800

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
City: FLOYD State: VA Country: US

DESCRIPTION
GLIDER OF UNKNOWN REGISTRY CRASHED IN A FIELD, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS
FATALLY INJURED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, KYLE WEEKS ROAD/UNION
SCHOOL ROAD, FLOYD COUNTY, VA

Dan


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Old October 24th 03, 06:04 PM
Bob Johnson
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Maybe an accident ground towing a homebuilt ----

http://www.floydcountyinview.com/

BJ

Dan wrote:

From FAA website: http://www2.faa.gov/avr/aai/B_1017_Y.txt

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: UNK Make/Model: GLID Description: GLIDER
Date: 10/16/2003 Time: 1800

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
City: FLOYD State: VA Country: US

DESCRIPTION
GLIDER OF UNKNOWN REGISTRY CRASHED IN A FIELD, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS
FATALLY INJURED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, KYLE WEEKS ROAD/UNION
SCHOOL ROAD, FLOYD COUNTY, VA

Dan

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Old October 28th 03, 03:02 AM
Dan Babcock
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Try this link.

http://www.floydpress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TFP%2FMGArticle%2FTFP_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031771684840&path=!frontpage

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Old October 28th 03, 06:38 PM
Bob Johnson
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A wonderful tribute to an excellent man and his fine family. We're all so much poorer now.

Thanks Wanda and Dan

BJ

Dan Babcock wrote:

Try this link.

http://www.floydpress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TFP%2FMGArticle%2FTFP_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031771684840&path=!frontpage


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Old October 28th 03, 07:20 PM
Stewart Kissel
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What sort of glider was it? First flight?



At 18:42 28 October 2003, Bob Johnson wrote:
A wonderful tribute to an excellent man and his fine
family. We're all so much poorer now.

Thanks Wanda and Dan

BJ

Dan Babcock wrote:

Try this link.

http://www.floydpress.com/servlet/Sa...e=TFP%2FMGArti
cle%2FTFP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=10317716 84840&path=!frontpa

ge





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Old October 28th 03, 07:22 PM
Gary Boggs
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How much experience did the pilot have?


"Stewart Kissel" wrote in
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What sort of glider was it? First flight?



At 18:42 28 October 2003, Bob Johnson wrote:
A wonderful tribute to an excellent man and his fine
family. We're all so much poorer now.

Thanks Wanda and Dan

BJ

Dan Babcock wrote:

Try this link.

http://www.floydpress.com/servlet/Sa...e=TFP%2FMGArti
cle%2FTFP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=10317716 84840&path=!frontpa

ge






 




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