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Title: Harrison Ford crash lands on golf course
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fox news
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Published: Mar 5, 2015
Author: misc.
Post Date: 2015-03-05 19:36:54 by tpaine
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Harrison Ford crash lands on golf course. The 71-year-old actor was attempting to land at the Santa Monica airport, due to engine failure. The monoplane was a Ryan PT-22 Recruit, once favoured by the United States Army Air Corps as a training aircraft. It was designed in the 1930's and entered service in 1940. By the end of its production more than 1270 models had been made and most remained in service until the end of World War Two. According to plane enthusiasts, the Ryan PT-22 Recruit was also used by China and Ecuador as a military trainer. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/tvsho...article-2424737/Harrison- Ford-">www.dailymail.co.uk/tvsho...le-2424737/Harrison-Ford- flies-rare-military-training-aircraft-1930s.html#ixzz3TYp0tEmY Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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#1. To: All (#0)
I've been watching Fox news, and one early responder said that Ford was alone, and outside the plane when they pulled up. He had some fairly serious head cuts, but was conscious. Sounds like he was pretty lucky..
Reuters pic via Drudge:
4:41 PM PT -- A witness who was golfing at the time of the crash tells us she heard the engine sputter ... and watched the plane do a "nose dive straight on the 8th hole tee box." The witness adds, "I was one of the first people to run from the hole toward the plane. 4 to 5 men pulled the pilot out of the plane." "They got him away from the plane. They were concerned it would catch on fire." "Two doctors were there – and they had a 1st aid box with them. He was conscious, talking a little -- a HUGE cut on his head." The witness tells us the cut was VERY deep -- "A swath of his skin was missing. There was blood dripping down his face."update_grey_gray_barA small plane piloted by Harrison Ford has crash-landed at an L.A. golf course ... but we're told the actor has survived. TMZ has learned ... Ford was piloting what appears to be a vintage 2-seater fighter plane Thursday ... when something went wrong and he crashed into Penmar golf course in Venice, CA. We're told Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head and was bleeding. Two doctors who happened to be at the golf course rushed over to treat the actor. Emergency personnel arrived to the scene a short time later. Ford was transported to a nearby hospital. 72-year-old Ford is a longtime aviator -- piloting planes and helicopters -- and has crashed multiple times in the past. Story developing ... Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/05/harrison-ford-plane-crash-landing-golf-course-santa-monica/#ixzz3TYxQoHLw The short "divot" the plane left in the turf and the sharp bend of the engine indicates it hit the ground very hard. Not gentle at all. A sheer miracle he survived the initial impact. It's a sign of the times that you now wonder when/if the first cellphone video of the crash will surface from somewhere. Even a nearby house's security cameras.
Looks like he hit a soft fairway, - the fixed landing gear dug in, and damn near groundlooped him. Lucky he didn't end up with his head in the dirt.
Guy on tv now, saying that Ford may have clipped a tree, before hitting the fairway.
Gotta call it a good landing. He's a great pilot to still be alive.
Yep, he's that rare example of an old, bold, pilot.
It's about time for him to take up sailboating.
He has a hangar at that airport full of his plane collection. He'll keep flying.
#2. To: tpaine (#0)
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The Ryan PT-22 in happier times. 
#3. To: tpaine (#0)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#4. To: hondo68 (#3)
and watched the plane do a "nose dive straight on the 8th hole tee box."
#5. To: TooConservative, Y'ALL (#4)
#6. To: hondo68, Y'ALL (#3)
#7. To: tpaine (#6)
Ford may have clipped a tree
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#8. To: hondo68 (#7)
#9. To: tpaine (#8)
Yep, he's that rare example of an old, bold, pilot.
#10. To: rlk (#9)
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