Saturday, March 1, 2008

Update On Titusville Crash

According to the Daytona Beach news-journalonline.com

"TITUSVILLE -- Two Spruce Creek residents were killed Saturday morning in an airplane collision at the Arthur Dunn airport, according to wire and witness accounts.

According to Keith Phillips, president of the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 288 in Spruce Creek, the two men aboard -- William Hess and Phil Schacht -- were taxiing on the ground in an experimental aircraft when another plane lost control while trying to land and struck their plane.

Phillips was in the air at the time and witnessed at the accident. Members of the EAA club were flying to Titusville for a pancake breakfast.

Two unidentified men in the other aircraft were severely burned and were taken to the Orlando Regional Medical Center, according to wire reports."

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