A small plane crashed into a Richmond, B.C. building late afternoon local time, killing the pilot and injuring two people. [a href="vny!://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=a8e3aed8-6cd1-4ee4-9b58-5e3e574ee931&k=29808" target="_blank"]The Vancouver Sun is reporting:[/a] [/p] [blockquote]The plane, [a href="vny!://www.newpiper.com/aircraft/seneca_v/" target="_blank"]a Piper Seneca[/a] twin-engine, crashed through the windows of a ninth-floor apartment in the glass and concrete building.
[/p][/blockquote] [blockquote] The small aircraft, with a maximum capacity of six people, departed from the south runway at Vancouver International Airport at 4:02 pm and was headed to Pitt Meadows, said Kate Donegani, a spokesperson for the airport authority.
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I'm trying to imagine how weird that would be, to see an aircraft park it in your living room.
I read on DATW that the pilot was at least 82 years old!! That seems wrong! One shouldn't be driving or flying around that age.... no offense.
That seems wrong! One shouldn't be driving or flying around that age.... no offense.
Yea....I was kind of thinking the same thing. It's very heartbreaking....but I think there comes a time when you have to hang up the wings. They said he was very sharp and had all his faculties, and yet, I still wonder if we are going to be capable of reacting as sharply when we getting into those years. I sadly don't think so.
My first thought was the same when i saw it was an 80 something year old guy.
Family seems to think otherwise though.
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[DIV class=storyheader] [H2]Family trusted 82-year-old veteran pilot[/H2]
[DIV class=feed_details] [H4]Catherine Rolfsen and Sunny Freeman, Vancouver Sun[/H4][SPAN]Published: Monday, October 22, 2007[/SPAN]
[FONT face=Arial size=2]METRO VANCOUVER - The family of Peter Garrison, the 82-year-old pilot who died Friday after crashing into a Richmond highrise, has spoken out to defend his flying abilities. [/FONT]
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[FONT face=Arial size=2]"It's important, I think, that everybody knows that we had 110 per cent ... faith in Peter's flying ability. He was a superb pilot," said his stepdaughter Micheline Chavigny, who is acting as spokeswoman for the family. Chavigny, herself a student pilot, said she flew with her stepfather in his plane on Sunday, Oct. 14. [/FONT]
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