Ack and Back-Plane Headed To Nantucket Missing:

BOSTON -- A search was under way Thursday for a private plane that was
reported missing after it dropped off the radar screen at the
Nantucket Airport.

The tower reportedly lost contact with the craft shortly before it
landed at the airfield at 4:50 p.m. The aircraft is said to be a
Beechcraft twin-engine, six-passenger private jet out of New York.

The pilot was the only person aboard, officials said.

The Coast Guard is using a cutter, helicopters and a Falcon jet in the
search the waters around the island and land. Weather was misty at the
time, but the airport was still operating under visual flight rules.

Bush

according to this report..."tower reportedly lost contact with the craft
shortly before it landed at the airfield"... then why are they looking for
it? It should be on the airfield.

I know.. poor use of the English language and getting worse... what ever
happened to the "editor" before posting these in the news...

BT

"Bushleague" wrote in message
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BOSTON -- A search was under way Thursday for a private plane that was
reported missing after it dropped off the radar screen at the
Nantucket Airport.

The tower reportedly lost contact with the craft shortly before it
landed at the airfield at 4:50 p.m. The aircraft is said to be a
Beechcraft twin-engine, six-passenger private jet out of New York.

The pilot was the only person aboard, officials said.

The Coast Guard is using a cutter, helicopters and a Falcon jet in the
search the waters around the island and land. Weather was misty at the
time, but the airport was still operating under visual flight rules.

Bush

BTIZ wrote:
according to this report..."tower reportedly lost contact with the craft
shortly before it landed at the airfield"... then why are they looking for
it? It should be on the airfield.

Well, AP did a better job --

BOSTON The Coast Guard is searching for a private plane that was reported
missing off the coast of Nantucket today. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation
Administration says the twin-engine Beechcraft was flying at an altitude of 200
feet about two-and-a-half miles from Nantucket Memorial Airport when it
disappeared from radar.

The unidentified pilot did not issue a distress signal before the plane went
missing.

The aircraft was coming from New York and had been cleared to land on Nantucket.
Coast Guard spokeswoman Kelly Newlin says there was no immediate sign of any
wreckage in the water or on land.

She also says it appears the pilot was the only person aboard the six-passenger
plane.

The aircraft is registered to Herradura Incorporated of New York.

The Coast Guard dispatched a Falcon jet and a cutter to join the search.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

according to this report..."tower reportedly lost contact with the craft
shortly before it landed at the airfield"... then why are they looking for
it? It should be on the airfield.

That's what I read too! LOL I had to re-read to make sure that I
wasn't drunk yet(I'm drinking right now...Hic-up...).

by "Flyingmonk" Laonork@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dec 1, 2005 at 07:55 PM


according to this report..."tower reportedly lost contact with the craft
shortly before it landed at the airfield"... then why are they looking
for
it? It should be on the airfield.

That's what I read too! LOL I had to re-read to make sure that I
wasn't drunk yet(I'm drinking right now...Hic-up...).

Perhaps this was a CIA stealth aircraft carrying Taliban terrorists. The
pilot may have enabled the plane's cloaking device while on route to an
unspecified location. Either that, or the plane was flying deliberately
low to evade radar. The flight plan to Nantucket might have been a ruse to
confuse the reporters.

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 11:48:34 -0500, "Skylune"
wrote:

Perhaps this was a CIA stealth aircraft carrying Taliban terrorists. The
pilot may have enabled the plane's cloaking device while on route to an
unspecified location. Either that, or the plane was flying deliberately
low to evade radar. The flight plan to Nantucket might have been a ruse to
confuse the reporters.

The airplane was carrying George Baker, grandson of the Baker for
which the library I work in was named. He was a philanthropist of the
first magnitude and will be sorely missed. Nice comment Skylune, the
man is dead.

Corky Scott