News Flash: BIG pilots don't crash!

[TangoWhiskey]

My wife discovered this gem of journalism:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/small_plane_makes_emergency_landing_wyfy1BIl4jWxCRSQFarMPN

A small pilot plane crashed into sand dunes at Robert Moses State Park on Long Island late this afternoon but only the pilot was injured, officials said.

 

[DC34ME]

Must have been a Cessna 150...small pilot plane.

 

[RJM62]

Authorities were alerted at 5:26 p.m. that the plane went down next to a walkway that leads from the parking lot to the beach, said State Park Police Chief Richard O'Donnell.

I know that park about as well as anyone except the late Robert Moses himself, and I'll bet that the "walkway" the Chief is talking about is actually the meandering, mile-long path that leads from Parking Field 5, past the lighthouse, and down to the Fire Island National Seashore Beach -- more commonly known as the "Nude Beach" to locals.

-Rich

 

[TangoWhiskey]

I know that park about as well as anyone except the late Robert Moses himself, and I'll bet that the "walkway" the Chief is talking about is actually the meandering, mile-long path that leads from Parking Field 5, past the lighthouse, and down to the Fire Island National Seashore Beach -- more commonly known as the "Nude Beach" to locals.

-Rich

Then I'm sure the pilot was VFR, sightseeing.

 

[JeffDG]

Perhaps it was a small plane that goes ahead and clears the route for a bigger plane...like a pilot car...

 

[RJM62]

Then I'm sure the pilot was VFR, sightseeing.

It was a good day for it, I'll tell you that much...

-Rich

 

[dmccormack]

It's a real shame, since this photo was taken just before takeoff of the doomed flight:

Can't see the small pilot, but the airplane was a high wing, reducing visibility for the little feller to nil.

 

[flyersfan31]

It's a real shame, since this photo was taken just before takeoff of the doomed flight:

Can't see the small pilot, but the airplane was a high wing, reducing visibility for the little feller to nil.

I think the magenta line of death was so tiny that the small pilot couldn't see it, rendering safe flight impossible.

 

[Ghery]

The few comments on the article were great.

 

[dmccormack]

I think the magenta line of death was so tiny that the small pilot couldn't see it, rendering safe flight impossible.

That, and the flight plan he submitted was unreadable.