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Plane Accidentally Starts Moving With 6-Year-Old Inside
On Dec 30, 5:45*am, Stealth Pilot
wrote: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:40:12 -0800 (PST), Monk wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473498,00.html PALESTINE, Texas — *Federal investigators are looking into an accident involving a small plane at an eastern Texas airfield that injured a 6- year-old girl. Palestine fire officials said the girl was alone in the Cessna 150 when her 81-year-old grandfather, Virgil Fielden of Fairfield, manually started the engine of the two-seat plane Sunday afternoon. Fire Capt. Kyle Betterton says the plane began rolling unexpectedly and crashed into nearby woods. He says it never left the grounds of Palestine Municipal Airport. Betterton says the girl wasn't seriously injured but was airlifted to Children's Medical Center in Dallas as a precaution. Fielden was treated for minor injuries at a Palestine hospital. Palestine is about 100 miles southeast of Dallas. -------------------- A grandpa trying to share some good memory with his granddaughter. *He should have asked for help in getting the plane started. *His heart was ni the right place. Glad no one was hurt. Monk his heart wasnt in the right place. if the battery was stuffed he should have replaced it. this accident happened a long time before the day of the crash. I've replaced my battery twice in the last ten years to avoid just this sort of accident. Stealth Pilot I meant the part about him wanting to share the joy of aviation with his granddaughter. He should have been at the control and asked another adult at airport to hand prop it for him. Yes, charging the battery or replacing the battery would have been a better option. Monk |
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Plane Accidentally Starts Moving With 6-Year-Old Inside
Monk wrote:
I meant the part about him wanting to share the joy of aviation with his granddaughter. He should have been at the control and asked another adult at airport to hand prop it for him. The 6 year old couldn't hand prop the plane? When _I_ was 6... G ducking... |
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Plane Accidentally Starts Moving With 6-Year-Old Inside
On Dec 31, 9:51*am, B A R R Y wrote:
Monk wrote: I meant the part about him wanting to share the joy of aviation with his granddaughter. *He should have been at the control and asked another adult at airport to hand prop it for him. The 6 year old couldn't hand prop the plane? When _I_ was 6... *G ducking... He can't have been 'chock full of ideas then ? :-) |
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Plane Accidentally Starts Moving With 6-Year-Old Inside
"Monk" wrote in message ... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473498,00.html PALESTINE, Texas — Federal investigators are looking into an accident involving a small plane at an eastern Texas airfield that injured a 6- year-old girl. Palestine fire officials said the girl was alone in the Cessna 150 when her 81-year-old grandfather, Virgil Fielden of Fairfield, manually started the engine of the two-seat plane Sunday afternoon. Fire Capt. Kyle Betterton says the plane began rolling unexpectedly and crashed into nearby woods. He says it never left the grounds of Palestine Municipal Airport. Betterton says the girl wasn't seriously injured but was airlifted to Children's Medical Center in Dallas as a precaution. Fielden was treated for minor injuries at a Palestine hospital. Palestine is about 100 miles southeast of Dallas. -------------------- A grandpa trying to share some good memory with his granddaughter. He should have asked for help in getting the plane started. His heart was ni the right place. Glad no one was hurt. Monk I'm 72 and can still remember setting in the cockpit of a Buhl Pup at the age of 6 and being scared because my uncle was pulling the prop thru oiling the rockers. Of course the mag switch was off, and of course the mag switch was in the cockpit with me. I would have been alright if the thing had started as long as I didn't touch the throttle. The land to the east of Artesia NM is flat and the Pup would have just run out of gas after a long taxi. I don't think there were any trees in the way short of Amarillo. |
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Plane Accidentally Starts Moving With 6-Year-Old Inside
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:40:12 -0800 (PST), Monk wrote:
Palestine KILL HAMAS! -- Bear Bottoms Private Attorney General |
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