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Deer Causes Small Plane Crash
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — A deer on the runway caused a plane to crash at a Lake Geneva resort.
The single-engine plane was attempting to take off from the Grand Geneva resorts private airstrip on Friday morning.
The pilot told investigators he swerved to avoid a deer while the plane was moving down the runway.
The plane left the runway and hit a wooded area.
No one was injured.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
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TEAM RV FLYS INTO VILLA RICA, GEORGIA
Mike Stewart Air Show Excellence
– Large Formation Flying with Team RV –
Atlanta, GA – Twelve aircraft fill the sky with a nonstop display of close formation shapes, graceful aerobatics, opposing passes, smoke trails, and the growl of engines as they maneuver through show center. This is Team RV – the world’s largest air show team – in action.
Based in Atlanta, GA, Team RV is a group of southeastern pilots from a variety of backgrounds who are committed […]
Residents call on county to drop Gwinnett airport plans
By Patrick Fox
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The nays had it Tuesday night as residents told Gwinnett County officials to ditch plans that could lead to commercial flights at Briscoe Field.
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Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Chris Elvis, of Lawrenceville, holds a sign to boycott the possible expansion of Gwinnett CountyÃs Briscoe Field before the Public Hearing outside the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010.
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Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Susan Murrah, of Lawrenceville, holds a sign to boycott the possible […]
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Private plane makes emergency beach landing.
ST. JOE BEACH — A four-seat private plane bound for Panama City was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday morning along the wide sands of St. Joe Beach.
>>See a gallery of photos of the plane on the beach.
Randy Crapsey, of Port St. Joe, was co-piloting on his first training flight in 12 years when he and his instructor, Ronald Jarmon, were forced to make an emergency landing due to engine problems.
The single-engine Cessna was traveling from the Apalachicola Airport, […]
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Cessna Strike Averted
September 19, 2010
Cessna Strike Averted
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By Russ Niles, Editor-in-Chief
Production workers at Cessna Aircraft rejected the notion of a strike but they also told the company they don’t much like the contract they’ll work under for the next seven years. Members of the Machinists Union voted 58 percent to reject the deal but only 49 percent to strike in voting Saturday. The union had recommended a strike but a two-thirds majority was required. The main issue was […]
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