X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 07:54:58 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from COL004-OMC3S1.hotmail.com ([65.55.34.139] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9e) with ESMTPS id 6929215 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:45:34 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.55.34.139; envelope-from=peterpawaviation@hotmail.com Received: from COL129-W23 ([65.55.34.135]) by COL004-OMC3S1.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.22701); Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:45:00 -0700 X-TMN: [m679QX7gnJbDnPftrIgrvnAFch9WcFb+] X-Originating-Email: [peterpawaviation@hotmail.com] X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: peterpawaviation@hotmail.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_6385cfbb-0182-44e2-8c5f-5f0befde2656_" From: PETER WILLIAMS X-Original-To: "lml@lancaironline.net" Subject: HOW STUPID IS STUPID ACCIDENT X-Original-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:44:59 -0400 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jun 2014 02:45:00.0324 (UTC) FILETIME=[23820E40:01CF851F] --_6385cfbb-0182-44e2-8c5f-5f0befde2656_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable IN SHORT: 1. Man hires a professional to teach him Lancair 2. Professional says Plane not safe=2C needs fixing 3. man says=2C i'll just go without you 4. they fished his body and the broken Lancair out of Lake Superior HOW STUPIT TWICE once for not taking the advice=2C second for flying over the largest la= ke AND=2C it sounds like he was planning to fly the Atlantic=20 NEWS REPORT =0A= =0A= =0A= Authorities have found the body of the pilot and wreckage of the plane =0A= that crashed into Lake Superior near Duluth on Saturday. The Federal =0A= Aviation Administration identified the plane as a Lancair IV. A Lancair =0A= spokesperson said the owner may have been aware of maintenance issues =0A= with the plane. =0A= =0A= The Coast Guard and St. Louis County Rescue Squad searched through =0A= heavy fog on Saturday to find any remnants of the single-engine plane =0A= that crashed near Brighton Beach. =0A= =0A= Authorities said they found debris from the plane floating about a mile=0A= offshore. The St. Louis County Rescue Squad used sonar equipment to =0A= locate the wreckage 140 feet below the surface according to the St. =0A= Louis County Sheriff's Department. =0A= =0A= =93Then they dropped a remotely operated submersible vehicle onto the =0A= wreckage and they confirmed that there was human remains inside the =0A= aircraft=2C=94 Sergeant Neal Porter said. =0A= =0A= He said the discovery came late Saturday night and the search was =0A= halted until Monday when specialized personnel can attempt to recover =0A= the body. =0A= =0A= =93We had to get some divers that can specifically dive to that depth=2C= =94 Porter said. =0A= =0A= An FAA spokesperson said the crashed plane was a Lancair IV and headed fro= m Duluth to Goose Bay=2C a town in Canada. =0A= =0A= Doug Meyer=2C director of sales and marketing for Lancair International=2C= =0A= said that model is a kit plane that is typically built by amateur =0A= manufacturers.=20 =0A= =0A= Meyer said the plane that crashed near Duluth had been flown for years wit= hout issue=2C and it left Bend=2C Oregon on Friday. =0A= =0A= =93The current=2C and at the time new owner=2C I think is the third owner.= =0A= The airplane was built=2C I don't know exactly=2C but it could have been 10= =0A= or 12 years ago=2C=94 Meyer said. =0A= =0A= He believes the owner was a German man and an experienced pilot=2C but he= =0A= said third party trainers refused to work with the owner due to =0A= maintenance issues with the plane. =0A= =0A= =93The subcontractors that were going to train him declined to do the =0A= training until that maintenance was completed. My information is the =0A= maintenance was not completed and the owner elected to fly the airplane =0A= home=2C=94 Meyer said. =0A= =0A= An FAA spokesperson said a team of investigators is now in Duluth to =0A= continue searching for the cause of the crash but answers will have to =0A= wait until the wreckage can be removed from the depths of Lake =0A= Superior.=20 =0A= =0A= Officials with the Duluth Fire Department said the plane lost contact =0A= with the Duluth International Airport around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. =0A= Crews in search boats found a log book from the plane in debris about a =0A= mile offshore from Brighton Beach=2C according to Assistant Fire Chief =0A= Erik Simonson. =0A= =0A= According to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office=2C pieces of the plane= =0A= were found underwater and other personal belongings were found on the =0A= surface. = --_6385cfbb-0182-44e2-8c5f-5f0befde2656_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
IN SHORT:

1. =3B Man hire= s a professional to teach him Lancair
2. =3B Professional s= ays Plane not safe=2C needs fixing
3. =3B man says=2C i'll = just go without you
4= . =3B they fished his body and the broken Lancair out of Lake Superior<= /font>

HOW STUPIT TWICE=
 =3B =3B once for not taking the advice=2C second for = flying over the largest =3B lake
AND=2C it sounds like he w= as planning to fly the Atlantic <= br>
NEWS REPORT


=0A= =0A= =0A= Authorities have found the body of the pilot and wreckage of the plane = =0A= that crashed into Lake Superior near Duluth on Saturday. The Federal =0A= Aviation Administration identified the plane as a Lancair IV. A Lancair =0A= spokesperson said the owner may have been aware of maintenance issues =0A= with the plane.
=0A= =0A= The Coast Guard and St. Louis County Rescue Squad searched through =0A= heavy fog on Saturday to find any remnants of the single-engine plane =0A= that crashed near Brighton Beach.
=0A= =0A= Authorities said they found debris from the plane floating about a mile=0A= offshore. The St. Louis County Rescue Squad used sonar equipment to =0A= locate the wreckage 140 feet below the surface according to the St. =0A= Louis County Sheriff's Department.
=0A= =0A= =93Then they dropped a remotely operated submersible vehicle onto the =0A= wreckage and they confirmed that there was human remains inside the =0A= aircraft=2C=94 Sergeant Neal Porter said.
=0A= =0A= He said the discovery came late Saturday night and the search was =0A= halted until Monday when specialized personnel can attempt to recover =0A= the body.
=0A= =0A= =93We had to get some divers that can specifically dive to that depth=2C= =94 Porter said.
=0A= =0A= An FAA spokesperson said the crashed plane was a Lancair IV and headed fro= m Duluth to Goose Bay=2C a town in Canada.
=0A= =0A= Doug Meyer=2C director of sales and marketing for Lancair International=2C= =0A= said that model is a kit plane that is typically built by amateur =0A= manufacturers. =3B
=0A= =0A= Meyer said the plane that crashed near Duluth had been flown for years wit= hout issue=2C and it left Bend=2C Oregon on Friday.
=0A= =0A= =93The current=2C and at the time new owner=2C I think is the third owner.= =0A= The airplane was built=2C I don't know exactly=2C but it could have been 10= =0A= or 12 years ago=2C=94 Meyer said.
=0A= =0A= He believes the owner was a German man and an experienced pilot=2C but he= =0A= said third party trainers refused to work with the owner due to =0A= maintenance issues with the plane.
=0A= =0A= =93The subcontractors that were going to train him declined to do the =0A= training until that maintenance was completed. My information is the =0A= maintenance was not completed and the owner elected to fly the airplane =0A= home=2C=94 Meyer said.
=0A= =0A= An FAA spokesperson said a team of investigators is now in Duluth to =0A= continue searching for the cause of the crash but answers will have to =0A= wait until the wreckage can be removed from the depths of Lake =0A= Superior. =3B
=0A= =0A= Officials with the Duluth Fire Department said the plane lost contact =0A= with the Duluth International Airport around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. =0A= Crews in search boats found a log book from the plane in debris about a =0A= mile offshore from Brighton Beach=2C according to Assistant Fire Chief =0A= Erik Simonson.
=0A= =0A= According to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office=2C pieces of the plane= =0A= were found underwater and other personal belongings were found on the =0A= surface.



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