Delaware Mid-Air?

[john smith]

Anyone have any info?
My local news only showed wreckage in the water.

[Peter R.]

john smith > wrote:

> Anyone have any info?
> My local news only showed wreckage in the water.

A search of Google News turned up this:

http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_191190635.html

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Tragic Plane Collision In Delaware

Jul 10, 2005 7:04 pm US/Eastern

LEWES, De (AP) One pilot died and another was missing when two small planes
practicing for an air show collided Sunday above Delaware Bay near Cape
Henlopen State Park, state police said.

The wreckage of one plane and the body of its pilot, Jay Blume, 39, of
Berwyn, Pa., were recovered, state police said.

The search for the other pilot was called off for the evening due to a a
fast current and an incoming tide, police said. It was expected to start up
again Monday morning.

Police said 15 divers had been concentrating their search on an area with a
radius of about 50 yards, with water ranging from 15 to 30 feet deep.

´The pilot is possibly still with the plane,¡ said state police spokesman
Lt. Joseph Aviola.

Six experimental ´homemade kit¡ planes took off from Sussex County Airport
in Georgetown and were flying in formation when two of the planes collided
and crashed into the water near Breakwater Harbor, said Petty Officer John
Edwards, a Coast Guard spokesman.

Another plane, acting as a ´spotter,¡ was flying behind the experimental
planes, police said. It wasnÿt immediately clear what led to the collision
or which planes were involved. Oldham said officials had identified the
pilot whose body had been recovered, but werenÿt releasing his name.

Dale Beyers, 62, and his wife Nancy Beyers, 60, of Cape May, N.J.,
witnessed the collision while riding the ferry to Lewes with their grandson
Matt Colagreco, 15. They said they watched the planes fly for about 15
minutes before the collision.

Five experimental planes and an ultralight flying in two groups of three,
crossed paths to merge momentarily, Colagreco said. After they came out of
the merge successfully, the ultralight banked right in front of the plane
to its right and they collided, he said.

´The ultralight was actually spinning out of control,¡ Colagreco said. ´It
was flopping out of control.¡

The plane hit by the ultralight turned over and nosedived into the water
below and he saw debris in the air as the planes went down, he said.

The trio said they heard no noise.

´It was just like two toy planes hitting,¡ Nancy Beyers said.

Amy Littleton, a customer service representative at the state parkÿs ferry
terminal, said she saw the planes flying overhead, but didnÿt see the
crash. She said the planes were in the shape of a ´V,¡ with another
trailing behind. They appeared to be flying at the same altitude.

´They fly over every weekend,¡ she said.

Blumeÿs plane, a Rutan Long EZE, was registered to ACE Aero LLC of Bryn
Mawr, Pa., and the other, a Rans RV8, was registered to Ralph D. Morgan of
Rehoboth Beach, Del., said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal
Aviation Administration.

She said the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were
investigating.

The Coast Guard sent rescue boats from Cape May, N.J., and Indian River,
Del., and a rescue helicopter from Atlantic City. State police, the Lewes
Fire Company, the Delaware River and Bay Authority, and civilian boaters
also participated in the search for the pilot, Edwards said.

Cape Henlopen is home to Fort Miles, which was built after the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor and soon became the linchpin for the countryÿs
Atlantic Coast defense.




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