Seaplane down off Miami Beach....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/...us/plane_crash

Dang. It was one of Chalk's famous seaplanes, too... Two confirmed
dead, thus far.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

We were in Bimini last year and saw a Chalk's Grumman Mallard landed
on the water then taxied to the ramp. It was awesome. We had planned
to fly our Cardinal to Florida then fly to Bimini with Chalk next
sprng.
Robert Chamber introduced us to a Mallard owner at Bridgeport last
summer. The owner told us that he would not land his plane in any salt
water. He told me that it cost Chalk airline quite a bit of money to
keep their fleet running.
It's sad to hear about the accident. Just hope that this will not
put Chalk out of business.

Hai Longworth

Thanks for the link. I've been watching MSNBC.... dumbest thing I've
seen... they keep calling it a Hydroplane.
Jim


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/...us/plane_crash

Dang. It was one of Chalk's famous seaplanes, too... Two confirmed
dead, thus far.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/...us/plane_crash


http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13443342.htm
They're saying it was a Grumman G73-T Mallard in this report.

Witness says "part of the tail or rear of the plane had a small fire, pilot
tried to gain control, then a wing broke off and it all fell into the water.
I was about 200 yards from it."

Cell phone pics now starting to show up on TV that confirm the fire.

Crashed just after takeoff on a flight to Bimini

17 aboard, reports keep changing about survivors, unconscious victims, and
deceased.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/...us/plane_crash

Dang. It was one of Chalk's famous seaplanes, too... Two confirmed
dead, thus far.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Thanks for the link. I've been watching MSNBC.... dumbest thing I've
seen... they keep calling it a Hydroplane.

That means "water-plane." They've been called that since Glenn
Curtiss started building them.

vince norris

Just saw the news clip of the airplane going into the water.

Sad....

Two confirmed dead, thus far.

Which article did you read? The one that you've linked saids 18 bodies
found and no signs of surevivors.

Jim Burns wrote:

Witness says "part of the tail or rear of the plane had a small fire, pilot
tried to gain control, then a wing broke off and it all fell into the water.
I was about 200 yards from it."

At 21:00 Eastern Time tonight, a Fox News reporter stated that the pilot
heroically directed the aircraft away from surfers in the water as the
aircraft fell from the sky.

Posted in consideration of Dudley's recent post indicating that it seems
every account of an aircraft crash includes some witness stating that the
pilot was able to steer away from people on the ground, when in reality
there most likely is no such attempt.

--
Peter

Flyingmonk wrote:

Two confirmed dead, thus far.

Which article did you read? The one that you've linked saids 18 bodies
found and no signs of surevivors.

What's weird is that the airline started in 1919, there were 19 souls on
board, and today is the 19th.