X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:51:03 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <5zq@cox.net> Received: from eastrmmtao03.cox.net ([68.230.240.36] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.5) with ESMTP id 1440891 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:00:12 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.240.36; envelope-from=5zq@cox.net Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20061004125949.ZCGF23863.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:59:49 -0400 Received: from OFFICE ([72.192.254.103]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id WCzc1V00T2EdYPc0000000 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:59:39 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <010801c6e7b4$f7d72740$6401a8c0@OFFICE> From: "Bill&Sue" <5zq@cox.net> X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: another vulture story X-Original-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:59:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0104_01C6E793.708EBFD0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0104_01C6E793.708EBFD0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0105_01C6E793.708EBFD0" ------=_NextPart_001_0105_01C6E793.708EBFD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This makes me feel really lucky! Bill Wed, 04 Oct '06 Bizarre Vulture Collision Downs Piper PA-32 In a sad and bizarre coincidence, three people in Brazil were killed = when their Piper PA-32 crashed after colliding mid-air with a giant = tropical vulture called an Urubu. This accident occurred Monday, just three days after the worst air crash = in Brazilian history from another mid-air between an airliner and = business jet. The six-seat Piper was coming in for a landing at the Pinheiros Airport = in north-east Brazil when it suffered the bird strike. "Because the airport in Pinheiros is near a garbage dump, it is pretty = common to have vultures swarming around the planes," said Edson Santos, = an administrator at Litoranea Air Taxis, who owned the plane, to the = Associated Press. "But we have never had a crash like this before." It is not know at this time exactly how the giant bird caused the = aircraft to go down into a dense forest around 100 yards from the = runway. The aircraft was on a routine flight, transporting money for the = Brazilian Central Bank. The pilot and two bank officials died in the = wreckage. ------=_NextPart_001_0105_01C6E793.708EBFD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

This makes me feel really lucky!

Bill

Wed, 04 Oct '06

Bizarre Vulture Collision Downs Piper PA-32

In a sad and bizarre coincidence, three people in Brazil were = killed=20 when their Piper PA-32 crashed after colliding mid-air with a giant = tropical=20 vulture called an Urubu.

This accident occurred Monday, just three days after the worst air crash in Brazilian = history from=20 another mid-air between an airliner and business jet.

The six-seat Piper was coming in for a landing at the Pinheiros = Airport in=20 north-east Brazil when it suffered the bird strike.

"Because the airport in Pinheiros is near a garbage dump, it is = pretty common=20 to have vultures swarming around the planes," said Edson Santos, an=20 administrator at Litoranea Air Taxis, who owned the plane, to the = Associated=20 Press.

"But we have never had a crash like this before."

It is not know at this time exactly how the giant bird caused = the=20 aircraft to go down into a dense forest around 100 yards from the = runway.

The aircraft was on a routine flight, transporting money for the = Brazilian=20 Central Bank. The pilot and two bank officials died in the=20 wreckage.

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