Posted on 07/16/2024 12:56:02 PM PDT by Red Badger
July 16 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida are trying to solve the mystery of a plane found abandoned at the side of a Bay County road.
The Springfield Police Department said on social media that "a portion of a plane" -- the cockpit, nose and front propeller -- was found abandoned at the side of Transmitter Road.
The plane bears markings from ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, including giraffe logos on its seats, but the business said it got rid of the plane about a week ago.
"That used to be part of an exhibit, but it was removed to bring in something that would hold up," Jadena Terrell, ZooWorld's assistant park director, told WJHG-TV. "For you know, against kids climbing that kind of thing, to make it more user-friendly for people in wheelchairs and more compliant for people, so everyone could enjoy it."
Police said they learned the person who took possession of the plane took it to a scrap yard.
"There's some sort of material inside the instruments that causes the glow at night, and as a result, the scrap yard cannot take them," said Russell Voyles, assistant police chief for the Springfield Police Department. "So that they took a portion of the plane, but they do not take the portion behind me."
Police are now trying to determine how the remaining portion of the plane ended up at the side of the road. Voyles said a decision on whether to take civil or criminal action against the responsible party will be made once the probe is completed.
That’ll buff right out! Aviation Ping!.....................
Nice landing.
My hat’s off to the skilled pilot who landed that thing.
Also the engine and prop are attached - there’s some serious money there and also the instrument panel.
“Police are now trying to determine how the remaining portion of the plane ended up at the side of the road.”
Ask Victor Davis Hanson. His farm and orchard is always a dumping ground for tons of trash of all kinds by the illegales around Selma, CA. He gets lots of hazardous waste that is very expensive to dispose of legally.
Last call before open borders closed;-)
Glowing panel? Perhaps tritium?
Any landing you can walk away from.................
My guess is it fell off the truck and the driver went to get a forklift............
“Also the engine and prop are attached - there’s some serious money there and also the instrument panel.”
Engine gone. Instruments worthless. Prop damaged.
JUNK!
Possibly radium dials. Depending on the age of the aircraft...........................
“My guess is it fell off the truck and the driver went to get a forklift............”
Don’t quit your day job ...
As Skydancer said, there’s some serious money sitting there...........
“As Skydancer said, there’s some serious money sitting there...........”
And as I replied: “JUNK”.
For sure...would also make for a nice FlightSim rig.
About two years ago now, we watched some guys at our Lowes load a brand new refrigerator, upright, onto the back of a pickup truck. No straps or ropes to stabilize it. It rocked when they turned left out of the parking lot onto the main road.
About two miles down the road later we saw the refrigerator on the side of the road busted all to hell and the guys just standing there looking sad..................
“My hat’s off to the skilled pilot who landed that thing.”
It wasn’t flying.
Oh yeah, it’s junk, but good junk............
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.