This one of the Bi-planes that you see flying up and down the beaches.
Plane crashes into water near Marathon; no one injured By Diana Moskovitz The Miami Herald By Diana Moskovitz dmoskovitz@MiamiHerald.com A small single-engine airplane crashed Monday near Marathon in the Florida Keys, according to federal authorities.A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said the number of people on board the fixed-wing, single-engine Waco YMF was not confirmed. WPLG-ABC 10 reported that three people were on the plane, and that no one was hurt. The crash happened about 2:35 p.m., FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said. The circumstances behind the crash were unknown Monday afternoon, Bergen said, but somehow the aircraft ended up in shallow water. Teresa Scott told WPLG she was with her husband, eating lunch on the water, she noticed the Waco coming down.“The next thing you know, the plane started to slowly get closer and closer to the water and we were watching it when the plane actually nose-dived right into the ocean,” Scott told the television station. Scott said she and her husband went to the plane to help, WPLG reported. When they got there, a fisherman already had gotten three men out of it.FAA records show the plane is owned by Conch Air Corp., based in Marathon. Pictures and videos posted online show the aircraft as a tour plane, draped in bright red and yellow paint, taking visitors on aerial tours of the Keys. Conch Air’s website said it offered scenic rides starting at $55 a person for an eight minute “intro ride” for two. The prices go up, depending on the length of the trip.Unless you are 100 years old. Then, the website said, the ride is free.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/2...#storylink=cpy
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12-27-2011 08:36 AMParabellum FJ²B
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12-27-2011 08:58 AMThis is on their web-site.....
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As well as Mile High Flights
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12-28-2011 11:33 AMThat would really suck if you were the tourist........
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12-28-2011 12:06 PM
I've always thought about doing one of those flights one of these years....maybe not anymore.
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12-29-2011 09:26 AM
My bookeeper's son went down in the lake in Minnesota in a By Plane about 10 years ago(as a tourist), he was fine. The Detroit news called his Mother at home(East Jordan Mi) to ask if he was ok. He never called his mother to tell her what happened. I would think that downing a plane is kinda big, might let your loved one know?
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12-29-2011 04:59 PMI'm going to miss it.....it was nice to watch someone flying up there getting a good view of Marathon......(unlike the mosquito choppers that fly so low they rattle my dishes)
Happy New Year........PD
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12-29-2011 05:23 PM
Back at ya Pat !....I heard the damage was not that bad , and could be repaired.
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12-30-2011 01:11 PM
Ok, now it's stuck:
Agents of the law
Luckless pedestrian
I know you're out there
With rage in your eyes and your megaphones
Saying all is forgiven
Mad Dog surrender
How can I answer
A man of my mind can do anything
CHORUS:
I'm a bookkeeper's son
I don't want to shoot no one
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
Can you hear the evil crowd
The lies and the laughter
I hear my inside
The mechanized hum of another world
Where no sun is shining
No red light flashing
Here in this darkness
I know what I've done
I know all at once who I am
CHORUSWarning: This post may contain language unsuitable for minors or math not suitable for liberal-arts majors.