Very interesting, you would expect it to be next to an airport, but this does not seem to be the case!
Thanks for your excellent observations Vibs and welcome to the Forum!:)
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Great news, congratulations. Guess Wiki will have to be amended. (O.K. I have amended it now.)
Photo and interview with the pilot.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liair0908,0,1154496.story?coll=ny_news_local_util
Now three threads on the subject. Very sad news again, too many accidents this year.:(
Two threads running! Video here.
A report in the newspaper, a great name for a newspaper!
http://media.hamptonroads.com/media/content/pilotonline/2007/09/oceanacrash.htm
More details on the Geico Skywriters here. No news yet on the condition of the pilot. Video showing on this link.
http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_090707_oceana_crash_.aed0a1d2.html
Quite a result! Sold for £360!:D Sold to a buyer who specializes in buying comics and old L.P.’s.
Here is the story of NX611, the LAHC link at the bottom of the page doesn’t work.
http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/oldstuff/justjane/Justjane.html
This is the latest news, five minutes ago. The search area has been expanded and a lake is going to be investigated.:(
http://www.watsekatimesrepublic.com/articles/2007/09/06/local_news/national/national459.txt
Thanks for your update, but I am worried about Janie!:D She hasn’t commented on her visit and in fact does not seem to have spoken to the Forum since she returned or did she return?:confused:
Getting back to the Comet thread and possibly closing it, we now know, thanks to our Forum Sponsor, Flypast, that the fuselage has gone to a truck dealer in Nieuwerkerk aan Ijssel in the Netherlands.
CNN today reporting that first flight is delayed to mid November to mid December, without delaying production deliveries.
Wow, great photos. Had to check that speed out! In trials, the ship achieved 48.7 knots.
Don’t you love journalists!? The pensioner (pilot) was helpless! :diablo: