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Mysterious plane found abandoned at side of Florida road
UPI ^ | JULY 16, 2024 | Ben Hooper

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.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Outdoors; Travel; Weird Stuff
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About 65 miles from here...............
1 posted on 07/16/2024 12:56:02 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...

That’ll buff right out! Aviation Ping!.....................


2 posted on 07/16/2024 12:57:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Nice landing.


3 posted on 07/16/2024 12:58:09 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Red Badger

My hat’s off to the skilled pilot who landed that thing.


4 posted on 07/16/2024 12:58:31 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Red Badger

Also the engine and prop are attached - there’s some serious money there and also the instrument panel.


5 posted on 07/16/2024 12:59:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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“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.


6 posted on 07/16/2024 12:59:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Red Badger

7 posted on 07/16/2024 1:00:01 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger

Last call before open borders closed;-)


8 posted on 07/16/2024 1:01:51 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Red Badger

Glowing panel? Perhaps tritium?


9 posted on 07/16/2024 1:04:58 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: ComputerGuy

Any landing you can walk away from.................


10 posted on 07/16/2024 1:05:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SkyDancer

My guess is it fell off the truck and the driver went to get a forklift............


11 posted on 07/16/2024 1:05:58 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SkyDancer

“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!


12 posted on 07/16/2024 1:07:55 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: LukeL; SkyDancer

Possibly radium dials. Depending on the age of the aircraft...........................


13 posted on 07/16/2024 1:07:57 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

“My guess is it fell off the truck and the driver went to get a forklift............”

Don’t quit your day job ...


14 posted on 07/16/2024 1:09:48 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

As Skydancer said, there’s some serious money sitting there...........


15 posted on 07/16/2024 1:11:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

“As Skydancer said, there’s some serious money sitting there...........”

And as I replied: “JUNK”.


16 posted on 07/16/2024 1:14:03 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: SkyDancer

For sure...would also make for a nice FlightSim rig.


17 posted on 07/16/2024 1:14:31 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: TexasGator

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..................


18 posted on 07/16/2024 1:16:24 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ComputerGuy

“My hat’s off to the skilled pilot who landed that thing.”

It wasn’t flying.


19 posted on 07/16/2024 1:16:45 PM PDT by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: TexasGator

Oh yeah, it’s junk, but good junk............


20 posted on 07/16/2024 1:17:45 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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