skyrider 0 #1 January 5, 2010 On Fox now, Wheeling Il. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,006 #2 January 5, 2010 Small business jet (which the media invariably refers to as a "learjet") went down in a forest preserve, no ground injuries, looks like the plane is in small pieces in a few feet of water. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #3 January 5, 2010 Palwaukee Airport Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biplane_dude 0 #4 January 6, 2010 Actually... it may have been a Lear 25. They are identifying the airplane as owned by Royal Air charter out of the Detroit area. Royal operates a whole fleet of different aircraft, Convairs, Falcons, Lears, 310 Cessna's and more. I was up there about 6 months ago and they had at least 4 Lear 24 or 25's (not sure which they were) sitting against the fence. They are a charter company that specializes in On Time Freight delivery specifically for the automotive manufacturing industry.Life's the Pitts then you jump one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #5 January 6, 2010 Friend of mine used to fly for them. They would fly in some seriously crap weather. They prided themselves in "getting the job done". Blue skies to the crew. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #6 January 6, 2010 No reports of body count yet, that I have heard! ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #7 January 6, 2010 I haven't heard either. I shouldn't have been premature. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #8 January 6, 2010 QuoteI haven't heard either. I shouldn't have been premature. I saw the pictures, and one of our own said they saw the mess...just a matter now of "How many" died! not premature at all! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #9 January 6, 2010 QuotePalwaukee Airport Chicago Executive Airport. KPWK... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #10 January 6, 2010 Yep, I was gonna say last night that if it was a Lear with an off-airport landing....then not much chance of survival. Blue skies to the crew Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #11 January 6, 2010 One report that pilot and copilot are confirmed dead, and they were the only persons on the plane: http://news.puggal.com/royal-air-freight-crash-near-chicago-executive-airport-16820/Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #12 January 6, 2010 Just down the road from me,,,, smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #13 January 6, 2010 Heck I live in Elgin, the outer marker for O'hare is right over me. When I laid out the ILS at O'Hare in the late 1980's (along with Henry Bivins RIP, Al Vittorini RIP, and Sal DeBari RIP) the flight path became very apparent, right down Lake St. (yikes I am the only guy on that crew left alive)They don't even need ILS, just follow the stinkin road until it hits the Elgin Ohare and then Thorndale. We got to see a B52 come in heavy, it was on the reversers at the fence.I think it was having electrical problems my BIL said, he was on duty at the ANG facility Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
