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Army general killed in single-engine plane crash in Maryland
NY Post ^ | 7-29-23 | Richard Pollina

Posted on 07/29/2023 5:46:07 AM PDT by dynachrome

A decorated United States Army general died in a single-engine plane crash on Monday, according to reports.

Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts, 59, piloted the Piper PA-28 Cherokee airplane when he crashed in Havre de Grace, Maryland — less than 75 miles outside of Washington, DC, Military.com reported.

Potts was the sole passenger in the aircraft and was declared dead at the scene, Harford County Fire & EMS announced.

“Maj. Gen. Potts completed over 36 years of distinguished service,” Bryce Dubee, an Army spokesperson, told the outlet. “The entire US Army is grateful for his service, and we extend our deepest and most sincere condolences to the entire Potts family.”

Investigators have yet to determine what led to the crash, the outlet reported on Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: general; maryland; planecrash
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He was the only person in the plane.
1 posted on 07/29/2023 5:46:07 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Arkanside?


2 posted on 07/29/2023 5:54:36 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: dynachrome

Passenger.


3 posted on 07/29/2023 5:55:24 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dynachrome

Was he a friend of the Clinton’s.?


4 posted on 07/29/2023 5:56:30 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: unread

Obama General?
Who cares?


5 posted on 07/29/2023 5:57:25 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: EEGator

You’re right. I misread it, but no mention of a pilot.


6 posted on 07/29/2023 5:58:36 AM PDT by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
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To: dynachrome

Apparently his life or death didn’t warrant a sentence…


7 posted on 07/29/2023 6:00:55 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dynachrome

Back in the day when we trusted our government, when the government didn’t resent criticism and didn’t try to prosecute and persecute honest citizens, when it didn’t consider dissent to be treason, and lying and fraud wasn’t its stock in trade, people died in accidents and that was all it was. Now, there is always doubt, and one wonders if the victim had the wrong politics or crossed the wrong agency. You can never be quite sure. How did we get here? And where will it end?


8 posted on 07/29/2023 6:03:22 AM PDT by Spok
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To: EEGator

Actually, he was the pilot. I need more coffee before posting.


9 posted on 07/29/2023 6:03:36 AM PDT by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
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To: dynachrome

Probably a lethal case of weekend pilot syndrome, perhaps with a touch of gonna-fly-today-itis as well. Especially among older pilots, essential skills tend to decay unless they are exercised frequently enough to remain fresh. Since the sky and airplanes want to kill pilots, all it takes is a small mistake to end up dead.


10 posted on 07/29/2023 6:04:36 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: dynachrome

Lol, you win. More coffee for us both.
I’m not sure how I missed “piloted”…


11 posted on 07/29/2023 6:05:37 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Rockingham

We had a saying in the Air Force:

There are old pilots,
There are bold pilots,
But there are no old, bold pilots.


12 posted on 07/29/2023 6:06:54 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Rockingham

It’s adding that Z coordinate to the X & Y that causes the issues.


13 posted on 07/29/2023 6:07:06 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: dynachrome

Was he a friend of the Clinton’s.?


14 posted on 07/29/2023 6:07:36 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: dynachrome

Clinton mechanics “inspected” the plane pre-flight.


15 posted on 07/29/2023 6:14:26 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: dynachrome
I-95 Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge over the Susquehanna river - Havre de Grace, MD -
(I used to drive over this weekly.)

Good old Millard was a congressman, and then a senator from Maryland.


16 posted on 07/29/2023 6:16:20 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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Just like they took out Patton in an ‘accident’.


17 posted on 07/29/2023 6:19:53 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: dynachrome

He was also an Army Aviator.


18 posted on 07/29/2023 6:20:30 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: GranTorino

36 years...he would have come in after Viet Nam and during Reagan years. If still on active duty that means he at least tacitly supported the current filthy DOD orthodoxy. If retired then RIP.


19 posted on 07/29/2023 6:22:26 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo“What were you doing in the store? You were eating the food?”)
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To: Alas Babylon!
I heard that saying more than once from my late father, a private recreational pilot who flew a Navion that he had restored, doing much of the work himself. He was exceptionally careful as a pilot.
20 posted on 07/29/2023 6:28:51 AM PDT by Rockingham
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