pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:33 am Post subject: crash |
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Hi All,
this time the crash is not mine.
This morning I was working in my driveway when a neighbour put her head over the fence and said ¬Oh, its not you then". She explained that she had been told that there had been a plane crash about a mile away last night and had assumed it was me. Why she should think that I have no idea.
There are 3 landing strips within a couple of miles so I drove to the crash to check to see if it was local plane. .The police woudn`t let me poke around but it was obviously a Piper of some sort, probably an Archer, but identification was difficult as all that could be seen was about a foot of fin and about 6 inches of cabin top sticking up above the water in a small fishing hole.
The story, as far as I can ascertain is that the guy lost his engine, tried to get down in a field and messed it up spectacularly. He arrived at the far hedge still going well, ploughed through it, removing his wings in the process. Ran down a bank and ended in the middle of the pond. Local fishermen tell me that it is only about four feet deep so he either had his wheels retracted or he wiped them off going through the hedge as the water nearly covered the cabin top The plane must have been pretty low and he picked his field in a hurry as there are several big fields within a few hundred yards of the one he chose.
The pilot was not injured but the best bit was that the first person to arrive at the scene reported that the pilot was sitting on the cabin top, with his feet in the water wearing a tee shirt with a slogan written on it.
The slogan was ` Trust me. I`m a pilot`
Still laughing
Pat.
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