Christoph Zierhut
September 21st 08, 04:44 PM
On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:14:17 -0700 (PDT), Jim Beam wrote:
Proof if you fly long enough (pilot) it will KILL you.
> 4 killed in SC plane crash; drummer, DJ injured
>
> 09/20/2008 6:38 PM, AP
> Page Ivey
>
> Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college
> students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc
> jockey DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that
> killed four people, authorities said Saturday.
>
> Officials said the plane carrying six people was departing shortly
> before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing
> sparks. The plane hurtled off the end of a runway and crashed through
> antennas and a fence. It came to rest a quarter-mile away on an
> embankment across a five-lane highway and was engulfed in flames, said
> Debbie Hersman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
>
> Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were in critical
> but stable condition at a burn center in Augusta, Ga., on Saturday
> afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits said. Augusta is about 75
> miles southwest of Columbia.
>
> Two other passengers — Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif., and
> Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles — died, as did pilot Sarah Lemmon,
> 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and co-pilot James Bland, 52, of
> Carlsbad, Calif., according to the county coroner. Baker was an
> assistant to Barker and Still was a security guard for the musician.
>
> The plane was headed for Van Nuys, Calif. It is owned by Global Exec
> Aviation, a California-based charter company, and was certified to
> operate last year, Hersman said. The company expressed its condolences
> in a statement and said it was working with investigators to determine
> the cause of the crash.
>
> At the crash site Saturday, the air was still heavy with the odor of
> jet fuel. A trail of black soot led off a runway. The nose of the
> aircraft was gone and the roof was missing from two-thirds of the
> charred plane.
>
> Hersman said officials recovered the cockpit voice recorder Saturday
> but had yet to analyze it or determine whether the recording was in
> good condition. She said the weather was clear when the plane took
> off, but said no factors had been ruled out.
>
> "We're working as fast as we can to document all the evidence,"
> Hersman said. "We have not yet found anything but we are looking at
> everything."
>
> Barker and Goldstein had performed together under the name TRVSDJ-AM
> at a free concert in Columbia on Friday night. Event sponsor T-Mobile
> said their hourlong set ended at about 7:15 p.m.
>
> The show, which included performances by former Jane's Addiction
> singer Perry Farrell and singer Gavin DeGraw, drew 10,000 people into
> the streets of Five Points, the neighborhood near the University of
> South Carolina, Coble said.
>
> Peter Kastis, Farrell's manager, said he and Farrell didn't find out
> about the crash until they arrived at the airport Saturday morning to
> find it closed.
>
> "I just hugged them hello less than 24 hours ago. I wish I could hug
> them now," Kastis said.
>
> Columbia's airport stayed closed Saturday and spokeswoman Lynne
> Douglas said she was unsure when it would reopen.
>
> A longtime friend of Bland, the co-pilot, said he flew anti-smuggling
> missions 20 years for the U.S. Customs Service and also flew missions
> for the Santa Ana Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol.
>
> "He was such an experienced pilot, it had to be something beyond their
> control," said Tim Ferrill, a Huntington Beach, Calif., pilot. "He was
> an absolutely meticulous pilot, very thorough and not a risk-taker at
> all."
>
> Bland was survived by his wife and teenage daughter, Ferrill said.
>
> On Saturday afternoon, several people gathered where the musicians
> performed the night before. Some of Barker's fans said they felt drawn
> to the spot.
>
> "I hope to God things turn out OK and he gets better. He's a real good
> guy," said Dustin Haycraft, 23, of Columbia, who sports two tattoos
> modeled on T-shirts the musician designed.
>
> Barker, 32, was one of the more colorful members of the multiplatinum-
> selling punk rock band Blink-182, whose biggest album was 1999's CD
> "Enema of the State" and sold more than 5 million copies in the United
> States alone.
>
> After Blink-182 disbanded in 2005, Barker went on to form the rock
> band (+44) — pronounced "plus forty-four." He also starred in the MTV
> reality series "Meet the Barkers" with his then-wife, former Miss USA
> Shanna Moakler. The show documented the former couple's lavish wedding
> and private life. Their later split, reconciliation and subsequent
> breakup made them tabloid favorites.
>
> Goldstein, 35, is a popular DJ for hire who at one time was engaged to
> Nicole Richie.
>
> He has spun a mix of hip-hop and dance beats for the hottest
> nightclubs and had a string of dates set up for the next few weeks. He
> reached the peak of his celebrity perhaps during his highly publicized
> romance with Richie a few years ago.
>
> DJ AM also dated singer/actress Mandy Moore, and while he became a
> gossip favorite for his romances, he drew respect from music
> aficionados for his DJ skills.
>
> Barker and Goldstein performed as part of the house band at the MTV
> Video Music Awards earlier this month.
>
> ___
>
> Associated Press writers Page Ivey in Columbia, Nekesa Mumbi Moody in
> New York and Thomas Watkins in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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Proof if you fly long enough (pilot) it will KILL you.
> 4 killed in SC plane crash; drummer, DJ injured
>
> 09/20/2008 6:38 PM, AP
> Page Ivey
>
> Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college
> students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc
> jockey DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that
> killed four people, authorities said Saturday.
>
> Officials said the plane carrying six people was departing shortly
> before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing
> sparks. The plane hurtled off the end of a runway and crashed through
> antennas and a fence. It came to rest a quarter-mile away on an
> embankment across a five-lane highway and was engulfed in flames, said
> Debbie Hersman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
>
> Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were in critical
> but stable condition at a burn center in Augusta, Ga., on Saturday
> afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits said. Augusta is about 75
> miles southwest of Columbia.
>
> Two other passengers — Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif., and
> Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles — died, as did pilot Sarah Lemmon,
> 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and co-pilot James Bland, 52, of
> Carlsbad, Calif., according to the county coroner. Baker was an
> assistant to Barker and Still was a security guard for the musician.
>
> The plane was headed for Van Nuys, Calif. It is owned by Global Exec
> Aviation, a California-based charter company, and was certified to
> operate last year, Hersman said. The company expressed its condolences
> in a statement and said it was working with investigators to determine
> the cause of the crash.
>
> At the crash site Saturday, the air was still heavy with the odor of
> jet fuel. A trail of black soot led off a runway. The nose of the
> aircraft was gone and the roof was missing from two-thirds of the
> charred plane.
>
> Hersman said officials recovered the cockpit voice recorder Saturday
> but had yet to analyze it or determine whether the recording was in
> good condition. She said the weather was clear when the plane took
> off, but said no factors had been ruled out.
>
> "We're working as fast as we can to document all the evidence,"
> Hersman said. "We have not yet found anything but we are looking at
> everything."
>
> Barker and Goldstein had performed together under the name TRVSDJ-AM
> at a free concert in Columbia on Friday night. Event sponsor T-Mobile
> said their hourlong set ended at about 7:15 p.m.
>
> The show, which included performances by former Jane's Addiction
> singer Perry Farrell and singer Gavin DeGraw, drew 10,000 people into
> the streets of Five Points, the neighborhood near the University of
> South Carolina, Coble said.
>
> Peter Kastis, Farrell's manager, said he and Farrell didn't find out
> about the crash until they arrived at the airport Saturday morning to
> find it closed.
>
> "I just hugged them hello less than 24 hours ago. I wish I could hug
> them now," Kastis said.
>
> Columbia's airport stayed closed Saturday and spokeswoman Lynne
> Douglas said she was unsure when it would reopen.
>
> A longtime friend of Bland, the co-pilot, said he flew anti-smuggling
> missions 20 years for the U.S. Customs Service and also flew missions
> for the Santa Ana Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol.
>
> "He was such an experienced pilot, it had to be something beyond their
> control," said Tim Ferrill, a Huntington Beach, Calif., pilot. "He was
> an absolutely meticulous pilot, very thorough and not a risk-taker at
> all."
>
> Bland was survived by his wife and teenage daughter, Ferrill said.
>
> On Saturday afternoon, several people gathered where the musicians
> performed the night before. Some of Barker's fans said they felt drawn
> to the spot.
>
> "I hope to God things turn out OK and he gets better. He's a real good
> guy," said Dustin Haycraft, 23, of Columbia, who sports two tattoos
> modeled on T-shirts the musician designed.
>
> Barker, 32, was one of the more colorful members of the multiplatinum-
> selling punk rock band Blink-182, whose biggest album was 1999's CD
> "Enema of the State" and sold more than 5 million copies in the United
> States alone.
>
> After Blink-182 disbanded in 2005, Barker went on to form the rock
> band (+44) — pronounced "plus forty-four." He also starred in the MTV
> reality series "Meet the Barkers" with his then-wife, former Miss USA
> Shanna Moakler. The show documented the former couple's lavish wedding
> and private life. Their later split, reconciliation and subsequent
> breakup made them tabloid favorites.
>
> Goldstein, 35, is a popular DJ for hire who at one time was engaged to
> Nicole Richie.
>
> He has spun a mix of hip-hop and dance beats for the hottest
> nightclubs and had a string of dates set up for the next few weeks. He
> reached the peak of his celebrity perhaps during his highly publicized
> romance with Richie a few years ago.
>
> DJ AM also dated singer/actress Mandy Moore, and while he became a
> gossip favorite for his romances, he drew respect from music
> aficionados for his DJ skills.
>
> Barker and Goldstein performed as part of the house band at the MTV
> Video Music Awards earlier this month.
>
> ___
>
> Associated Press writers Page Ivey in Columbia, Nekesa Mumbi Moody in
> New York and Thomas Watkins in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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Tel (239) 732-8660
Toll Free 1-888-732-8660
Christoph A. Zierhut, Real Estate Broker ABR®
Motto: "Der Furher Was Right About De Jew"