Folks
I saw this in NY Times
odd that it was in there
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/12/us/AP-Small-Plane-Crash.html
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FAA: 2 Killed in Crash of 1946-Era Plane
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 12, 2009
Filed at 1:04 a.m. ET
SANDWICH, Ill. (AP) -- Two people flying in a 1946-era airplane died
in a crash Saturday in north central Illinois, the Federal Aviation
Administration said.
The single-engine aircraft went down in a corn field near the city of
Sandwich, said FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory.
The DeKalb County coroner's office identified the dead as Randall
Hougham, 53, who was flying the plane, and passenger Lauren Hamilton,
22, both of Sandwich.
They were pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner's office says the
crash happened just north of the Sandwich Airport. FAA records show
the plane was a Ercoupe 415-C.
In California, a pilot was killed Saturday after a small plane
crashed and burned on the Miramar Marine Corps air base near San
Diego, authorities said.
The pilot was the only person on board the private Piper Commanche,
which was heading from Whiteman Airport in the San Fernando Valley
community of Pacoima to Brown Field in San Diego when it went down
shortly before 11 a.m., FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said.
The pilot did not issue a distress call before the crash, Gregor
said. His identity was not immediately released.
The weather was cloudy around the time of the crash.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board were investigating
both crashes.
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xx rick
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