-----Original Message-----
From: Emily ]
Posted At: Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:31 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.piloting
Conversation: Banner Plane Impacts Water w/ photo
Subject: Banner Plane Impacts Water w/ photo

Owen wrote:

Emily wrote:

Owen wrote:
Aug 5, 2006. Banner plane loses power off Hyannnis, Cape Cod,
Massachusetts and ditches in the water. Although beachgoers and
witnesses were stunned, the pilot swam away unscathed. The
Champion
was
later recovered from the water.

Picture as the plane hit the water: (wow!)
http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-
fba/Globe_Photo/2006/08/06/1154850848_7715.jpg

Story:
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/planecrashes6.htm


http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...06/08/06/plane
_c
rash_off_hyannis_stuns_beachgoers/

How like the public to be more concerned about themselves than the
pilot.

Well if a car goes careening out of control while you're walking
down
the street and it looks like it could hit
you, would you at that particular instant be more concerned with
yourself or the driver?

This wasn't a car careening out of control, it was a plane crashing.
And yes, if I saw a plane crashing, I would be more concerned about
those on board than it falling on me.

I liked that part in the Cape Cod newspaper article where the witnesses
"thought it was going to hit the jetty and explode". I wonder just how
much ordinance this guy was carrying.