Posted on 03/23/2016 7:02:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The pilot killed in the ultralight plane crash near Hawthorne Municipal Airport Monday was a contestant on the reality television series “The Bachelor,” according to “Entertainment Tonight.”
The victim was identified as Erin Storm of Venice. She was eliminated in the third episode of the 2008 season.
Former Bachelor contestant Matt Grant told ET...that “she was genuine, self-assured, beautiful and hilarious.”
According to Storm’s Facebook page, the San Diego native started flying for Pacific Blue Air since 2013.
The Airborne XT-912 Storm was flying crashed around noon Monday about a quarter-mile off the west end of the airport.
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Amazing how that “The Bachelor” crap can be so prominent, even mentioned, in this tragic report.
I didn’t know until now that ultralight planes had rear-view mirrors.
Very sad.
Back in the early 2000’s, hubby and I were at our farm and an ultralight was flying back and forth for a bit. We went home after finishing chores and saw on the morning news the next day that an ultralight had crashed, killing the pilot. The crash was a few miles from our farm so I am sure it was the one we had seen.
Now, now.....
“Pilot In Ultralight Plane Crash In Hawthorne Was Contestant On ‘The Bachelor’”
Is there some relevance in that? or does appearance on TV render a person worthy of some note?
Is this the second person from this show or previous shows to die recently?
A tremendous amount of smoke from the crash. Those things must carry a heck of a lot of fuel for being so small.
Okay then, was it texting and flying? I would not be at all surprised.
There was a man from Utah who was on the Bachelorette.
The same season he was on, and after he was eliminated, he was killed in a hang gliding accident.
I didn’t know until now that women could be bachelors.
In 1978 or so I saw a light plane crash on approach to Hawthorne Airport. I was westbound on PCH when it crossed northbound a hundred yards in front of me, clipped some wires which slowed it, and nosed in on the north side of the street. I pulled over to a payphone to summon help, but while I was dialing the cockpit door opened and out stepped a man and a woman holding a baby, all apparently unharmed. In the paper the next day the explanation was “carburetor trouble.” There wasn’t any fire—you certainly never want to admit you just ran out of gas.
There wasn’t any fire—you certainly never want to admit you just ran out of gas.
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Likely carbuerator ice ,,, frequently happens under light load if you don’t turn on carb heat... lack of fire doesn’t mean out of gas.
Thanks. Anyway, isn’t the saying that any landing you walk away from is a good one? What saved them was the wires that dramatically slowed their descent. Still probably the most surprised I’ve ever been.
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