It Has Stopped Raining...Except for the Vintage 1965 Planes....

September 18, 2008

FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS
"A man and his wife were injured in a small plane crash near the
Bolingbrook Clow International Airport in the southwestern suburbs
Thursday.

The couple apparently had breakfast at the restaurant at Clow Airport,
130 S. Clow International Parkway, before they took off in the small
plane southbound, according to airport manager Joe DePaulo.

It seems the plane lost power and the pilot tried to turn around and
return to the airport for an emergency landing but was too low to the
ground, he said.
He landed the plane, but his wing may have hit a tree or pole, spun
around and come to rest near the intersection of Lily Cache Lane and
Weber Road, DePaulo said.
No cars were struck in the crash, and the two people aboard the plane
"walked away." They were later taken to an area hospital.
.....
According to the FAA, both people aboard the small Mooney M20 plane
were injured.
The plane, built in 1965..."