X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:19:11 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from qmta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.56] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4167352 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:38:20 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.56; envelope-from=mjrav@comcast.net Received: from omta12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.44]) by qmta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id tlaU1d0010xGWP856ldlA5; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:37:45 +0000 Received: from mjr ([24.2.137.82]) by omta12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id tldl1d0021mqhrL3Yldlx3; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:37:45 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <000a01cac4f4$e3b4c620$6501a8c0@mjr> From: "Mark Ravinski" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: strange one from Yahoo News. X-Original-Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:39:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01CAC4CA.FA96DFB0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1983 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1983 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01CAC4CA.FA96DFB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tue Mar 16, 12:35 am ET HILTON HEAD, S.C. =96 A single-engine plane with oil on its windshield = struck and killed a man on a Hilton Head beach Monday afternoon as the = pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing, authorities said. The man was walking or jogging along Palmetto Dunes when the = Experimental Lancair IV-P plane hit him, said Hilton Head Island fire = and rescue spokeswoman Joheida (Joh-HI'-da) Fister. The plane started leaking oil at about 13,000 feet and tried originally = to make it to Hilton Head Airport, Fister said. The oil on the = windshield blocked the pilot's vision and he told authorities the = propeller came off the plane. When he tried to land on the beach near = the Hilton Head Marriott Resort and Spa, the plane hit the beachgoer and = came to rest a little farther down the beach, she said. "I would have to say it's pretty unusual," Fister said. The names of the man killed, pilot and passenger on the plane were not = released. The plane left Orlando at 4:45 p.m. and was headed for Virginia, Fister = said. The plane has a turbine engine and can fly up to 370 mph, = according to the Lancair Web site. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation = Safety Board were investigating, Fister said. A call late Monday to an = FAA spokeswoman was not immediately returned. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01CAC4CA.FA96DFB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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HILTON HEAD, S.C. =96 A single-engine plane with oil on its = windshield struck=20 and killed a man on a Hilton Head=20 beach Monday afternoon as the pilot was attempting to make an = emergency landing, = authorities=20 said.

The man was walking or jogging along Palmetto Dunes when the = Experimental=20 Lancair IV-P plane = hit him,=20 said Hilton Head Island = fire=20 and rescue spokeswoman Joheida (Joh-HI'-da) Fister.

The plane started leaking oil at about 13,000 feet and tried = originally to=20 make it to Hilton Head = Airport,=20 Fister said. The oil on the windshield blocked the pilot's vision and he = told=20 authorities the propeller came off the plane. When he tried to land on = the beach=20 near the Hilton = Head Marriott=20 Resort and Spa, the plane hit the beachgoer and came to rest a little = farther=20 down the beach, she said.

"I would have to say it's pretty unusual," Fister said.

The names of the man killed, pilot and passenger on the plane were = not=20 released.

The plane left Orlando at 4:45 p.m. and was headed for Virginia, = Fister said.=20 The plane has a turbine engine and can fly up to 370 mph, according to = the=20 Lancair Web site.

The Federal Aviation=20 Administration and the National=20 Transportation Safety Board were investigating, Fister said. A = call late=20 Monday to an FAA spokeswoman was not immediately returned.

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