Reality Check! We are REALLY grasping at straws now... And the Weick letter could also be a forgery. We've already seen how easy it is to forge a letter to make your point in the 2004 election campaign. Please don't make me go there-- I helped "bust" that bit of chicanery.
Dave --- In [email protected], ebengui...@... wrote: > > Plane Fell Apart > Police say, "It's an absolute mystery." > > Read more: > SEBRING - A Federal Aviation Administration investigator was on the scene > Sunday of a plane crash that happened at Golf Hammock Saturday. > > The first 911 calls came in at 11:40 p.m. Saturday from golfers at Golf > Hammock, a subdivision on the west side of the city. > > They reported hearing the engine over-revving and a loud popping sound, > seeing a black cloud in the sky, and watching the wings, tail section and > engine compartment fall from the sky. > > Witnesses also saw the pilot, James Weener, 70, and his passenger James > Ricker, 46, ejected from the plane, and land in a dense group of trees beside > the 10th fairway. > > Weener was a missionary pilot and a retired missionary. Ricker lived in > Golf Hammock, according to Lt. Tim Lethbridge, one of the lead investigators > with the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. > > "Once we determined it was a recovery effort, not a rescue, we left > everything in place," said Lt. Jess Purvis. The FAA was called, but > investigators > normally don't respond to light plane crashes, the Highlands County Sheriff's > deputy said. > > "But because the plane came apart in mid air, and the bodies were ejected, > he took a higher interest in it," Purvis said. The bodies of the pilot and > the passenger were left in the woods until the federal investigators could > come, then they were taken to the medical examiner's office. > > The sheriff's office photographed the wreckage and the various pieces that > were found across the debris field, which is more than a mile in diameter. > Bystanders picked up small debris and gave it to the sheriff's office, Purvis > said. > > "I'm sure we'll be picking up pieces for the next week," Purvis said Sunday > morning. > > The FAA still hasn't offered a reason for the crash, Purvis said. > > "At this time, it's a mystery to us." > > He expected FAA and National Transportation Safety Board investigators to > be on the scene for days, looking over the debris field and talking to > witnesses about the sights and sounds before the crash. > > One witness described the white aircraft as an Aircoupe. An Internet reader > believed it was an Ercoupe. However, no official report of the make or > model of airplane has been announced. > > The Forney Aircoupe is a low wing monoplane with side-by-side seating for > two, according to NationMaster.com encyclopedia. The light aircraft was > manufactured in the mid-1960s. >
