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Speedy11(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:28 pm Post subject: Experimental Down - no more details yet |
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WILLISTON, Fla. (March 20) -- A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collided in clear, sunny skies Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, authorities said.
A Williston woman who thought she heard a gunshot discovered the kit-built plane upside down in a field near her house and called authorities, Levy Sheriff's Office Capt. Evan Sullivan. When emergency responders arrived, they found a second plane engulfed in flames in a dense wooded area several hundred yards away.
"The fire was extremely intense and at the area of the Piper 32 crash an oak tree caught on fire some 40 feet above ground," Sullivan said.
Debris from the planes was spread about a half-mile long and a quarter-mile wide, Sullivan said. Two bodies were found in the Piper in the wooded area and a 73-year-old man was discovered in the other plane.
Sullivan wouldn't release the victims' names, saying next of kin had to be notified.
The kit-built aircraft, also known as an experimental plane, left from Ocala, about 25 miles southeast of Williston, but Sullivan didn't know where it was headed. The Piper took off from the Williston Municipal Airport and it was not clear where it was going.
"There are a lot of unknowns right now," he said.
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dale1rv6(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject: Experimental Down - no more details yet |
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http://www.ocala.com/article/20100320/ARTICLES/100329993?Title=Planes-crash-in-midair-Ocala-pilot-among-three-dead
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WILLISTON, Fla. (March 20) -- A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collided in clear, sunny skies Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, authorities said.
A Williston woman who thought she heard a gunshot discovered the kit-built plane upside down in a field near her house and called authorities, Levy Sheriff's Office Capt. Evan Sullivan. When emergency responders arrived, they found a second plane engulfed in flames in a dense wooded area several hundred yards away.
"The fire was extremely intense and at the area of the Piper 32 crash an oak tree caught on fire some 40 feet above ground," Sullivan said.
Debris from the planes was spread about a half-mile long and a quarter-mile wide, Sullivan said. Two bodies were found in the Piper in the wooded area and a 73-year-old man was discovered in the other plane.
Sullivan wouldn't release the victims' names, saying next of kin had to be notified.
The kit-built aircraft, also known as an experimental plane, left from Ocala, about 25 miles southeast of Williston, but Sullivan didn't know where it was headed. The Piper took off from the Williston Municipal Airport and it was not clear where it was going.
"There are a lot of unknowns right now," he said.
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sportflying(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:46 am Post subject: Experimental Down - no more details yet |
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Any new details about this tragedy in the skies. We all need to keep our eyes open
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerryFrom: "Dale Walter" <dale1rv6(at)comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:16:35 -0400
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Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Experimental Down - no more details yet
[url=http://www.ocala.com/article/20100320/ARTICLES/100329993?Title=3D= Planes-crash-in-midair-Ocala-pilot-among-three-dead]http://www.ocala.com= /article/20100320/ARTICLES/100329993?Title=3DPlanes-crash-in-midair-Ocala= -pilot-among-three-dead[/url]
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From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Speedy11(at)aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 20, = 2010 8:23 PM
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Subject: = RVSouthEast-List: Experimental Down - no more details yet
WILLISTON, Fla. (March 20) -- A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collided in clear, sunny = skies Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, authorities = said.
A Williston woman who thought she heard a gunshot discovered the = kit-built plane upside down in a field near her house and called authorities, Levy = Sheriff's Office Capt. Evan Sullivan. When emergency responders arrived, they = found a second plane engulfed in flames in a dense wooded area several hundred = yards away.
"The fire was extremely intense and at the area of the Piper 32 = crash an oak tree caught on fire some 40 feet above ground," Sullivan = said.
Debris from the planes was spread about a half-mile long and a = quarter-mile wide, Sullivan said. Two bodies were found in the Piper in the wooded = area and a 73-year-old man was discovered in the other plane.
Sullivan wouldn't release the victims' names, saying next of kin had to = be notified.
The kit-built aircraft, also known as an experimental plane, left from = Ocala, about = 25 miles southeast of Williston, but Sullivan didn't know where it was headed. = The Piper took off from the Williston Municipal Airport and it was not clear where it was going.
"There are a lot of unknowns right now," he = said.
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dale1rv6(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:23 am Post subject: Experimental Down - no more details yet |
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This article tells about his education and career, Lee Sentman III:
http://www.ocala.com/article/20100321/ARTICLES/100329966?Title=Pilot-in-fatal-crash-was-professor-at-University-of-Illinois
Sentman taught for more than 35 years, his wife, Janice Sentman, said Sunday. A professor emeritus with the University of Illinois, he graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 and a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University in 1965. The University Illinois Web site listed him as director of the Chemical Laser Laboratory with the department of aeronautical and astronautical engineering at the university and listed several honors and awards, including the AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award in 2002 and Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Student Chapter AIAA, in 1975-76 and again in 1995-96.
His daughter, Jeanne Griswold of Orlando, said her father, who retired a couple of years ago but still worked for the university, was "very meticulous" and "careful" in the construction of aircraft as well as his flight plan. He had finished the aircraft he was flying Saturday in 2008 and the plane, certified with the Federal Aviation Administration, had been tested and retested.
"He loved flying," Griswold said.
A member of the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 812 Ocala, Sentman had participated in February in a Young Eagles program giving flights out of the Dunnellon Airport to about 50 children, said the chapter's vice president, Wayne Fieldhouse of Ocala. The Young Eagles program promotes interest, among children, in flying and careers in that industry.
Sentman has a wife, four children and 11 grandchildren, his daughter said. Funeral arrangements were being determined Sunday.
Investigators with the FAA have not yet determined the cause of the collision, the Sheriff's Office reported.
Sentman was participating in a "fly-out" to the Williston Municipal Airport as part of a regular meeting, held every third Saturday of the month, of EAA Chapter 812, Fieldhouse said. It was agreed that people would fly to the Williston airport to attend a luncheon. Fieldhouse said four or five different planes from the chapter were flying in to that airport from Ocala as well as other planes from other areas.
Some residents in the area near the crash site had said that there appeared to be an unusually high number of planes in the air Saturday.
The airport does not have a control tower or radar, an employee said Saturday.
Joe Ball, the airport's superintendent, said the set-up is described as an "uncontrolled" environment where pilots operate in a "see and be seen situation."
Otherwise, Ball said, he could not comment on the crash Saturday or the investigation, which is in the preliminary stages.
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