On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:49:13 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

However, every so often there is good news like this report concerning
an accident here in North Florida yesterday where all that was
destroyed was some metal and plastic... instead of lives.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/16474292/detail.html

Good deal.

Anyone know what a "Piper Aero" is? The article says it has 2-seats, so
obviously not an "Aerostar".

Interesting. FAA registration database describes it as Piper PA-28R-201T, but
lists the engine as a "Mistral G-190". It's licensed as Experimental/Research
and Development, and is owned by Mistral Engines USA Inc. They're developing
rotary-engine aircraft powerplants. Swiss company, with a newly-opened office
in Florida.

http://www.mistral-engines.com/

Check the plane in the background...looks like an Arrow, and is probably the
aircraft that went down.

Experimental/R&D airplanes are generally prohibited from carrying non-crew, so I
suspect the company had to remove the back seats. Hence, the description (if
not the spelling :-) was correct...this was a two-seat Piper Arrow.

Ron Wanttaja