[TowerTalk] ULTRALIGHT PILOT THUMPS TOWER

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Natural selection at work........


de Ron, AD7L


In a message dated 9/18/00 1:52:59 PM EST, n4zr@contesting.com writes:

> At 02:08 PM 9/18/00 -0400, Dave Bowker wrote:
>  >
>  >From:  Aviation Newsletter 9/18/00
>  >
>  >ULTRALIGHT PILOT THUMPS TOWER, SCRAMS:
>  >
>  >There's one luck ultralight pilot out there somewhere.  The pilot hit a
>  >150-foot personal TV tower
>  >near West Point, Ind., after buzzing some of his friends.  About 45 feet 
of
>  >the tower was sheared off, and three steel cables holding it in place were
>  >cut.  Authorities haven't nailed the culprit yet but do have some clues,
>  >including a shoe, compass, sunglasses and a can of beer that were dropped 
> in
>  >the impact.
>  
>  
>  What, no body parts?  There's one lucky idiot.
>  
>  73, Pete Smith N4ZR

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