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Seaplane Crashes on Inaugural Flight in China, Killing 5
abc ^ | 07/20/2016

Posted on 07/20/2016 11:42:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Cessna 208B, operated by Joy Air General Air, was carrying two crew members and eight invited guests, mostly government workers and local journalists, according to local media.

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The seaplane took off from Jinshan in suburban Shanghai and was bound for the Zhoushan islands, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) to the south.

The route is designed for tourists and sightseers who want to escape to the islands from sprawling Shanghai. Local journalists were invited to tour the seaplane before its takeoff, and some of them boarded the aircraft for the subsequent flight along with local officials. Wednesday's flight appeared to have been a media tour to help promote the airline's new coastal service.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: aviation; cessna; cessna208b; planecrash
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To: beelzepug

Looks to me like he may have tried to clear the bridge, but hooked his floats on it and flipped upside down on the far side...


41 posted on 07/20/2016 12:53:19 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: LouieFisk

How about “Whirlybirds” with Kenneth Tobey, Craig Hill, Nancy Hale?

There were 111 episodes from 1957 through 1960. Sounds like there quite a few of us old timers here.


42 posted on 07/20/2016 1:00:23 PM PDT by PDGearhead (Obama's lack of citizenship)
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To: PDGearhead

“How about “Whirlybirds” with Kenneth Tobey, Craig Hill, Nancy Hale?”
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Was never big on “Whirlybirds”, don’t remember much about it other than it had helicopters and it was popular. Maybe it was more aimed toward an adult audience?
Yeah, was some good weekend watchin’ for kids (and adults) then. Bowery Boys, Charlie Chan, Car 54, Amos N Andy, Sea Hunt - way too many to mention here. What’s great is how much of it is available to watch either streaming or on DVD nowadays.


43 posted on 07/20/2016 1:12:12 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: beelzepug

How could any boy forget Penny


44 posted on 07/20/2016 1:33:16 PM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Actually, “Out of the clear blue of a western sky... it’s SKY KING!”... and his niece, Penny.


45 posted on 07/20/2016 1:38:47 PM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: SaveFerris; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; TWhiteBear; Salvation; ...

Ping to # 3 , # 4 , as well as comment and photo at # 23 .

Thanks, SaveFerris. Appears to be a similar plane...

46 posted on 07/20/2016 1:49:59 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: N. Theknow

The PBY is the type of plane that Jaques Cousteau’s son Phillipe was flying when he was killed.


47 posted on 07/20/2016 2:37:19 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.)
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To: beelzepug

Actually the original “Songbird” was a good old Beech 18. Older than dirt? Try older than igneous rock!


48 posted on 07/20/2016 2:51:00 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

“Actually the original “Songbird” was a good old Beech 18. Older than dirt? Try older than igneous rock!”

Wrong. Cessna T-50.


49 posted on 07/20/2016 3:20:25 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Really? Checking...


50 posted on 07/20/2016 3:39:14 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: TexasGator

By jingo you are correct sir! That is a very old plane. Wonder if there are any left flying.


51 posted on 07/20/2016 3:44:59 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: LouieFisk
I remember watching Sky King, back in San Diego on a little 12" B+W tv. It was 1959--and I was 3. Not to mention The Untouchables, The Rifleman and others, first-run. Yeesh...where DOES the time go? :)
52 posted on 07/20/2016 4:03:58 PM PDT by W. (Screw it. Send in the Marines! NOW!)
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To: W.

“I remember watching Sky King, back in San Diego on a little 12” B+W tv. It was 1959—and I was 3. Not to mention The Untouchables, The Rifleman and others, first-run. Yeesh...where DOES the time go? :)”
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I musta seen those shows first-run too, then, since I got a couple years on ya. But they lived on in syndication for awhile afterwards.
Yeah, I remember a few of those TVs where it was a big bulky thing with a small roundish screen.
As for time - it went that-a-way!


53 posted on 07/20/2016 4:15:14 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: headstamp 2

AFAIK, everybody called it the Catalina. That or PBY.

Great bird!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina


54 posted on 07/20/2016 4:27:55 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: BwanaNdege
PBX:

PBY:

55 posted on 07/20/2016 6:35:54 PM PDT by null and void (Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
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To: BwanaNdege

Yea, great old plane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_wing


56 posted on 07/20/2016 6:40:17 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

This one was flying till it crashed in 2013

http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/accidents/missing-bamboo-bomber-found-cornfield


57 posted on 07/22/2016 2:24:10 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: N. Theknow

Me too.m I thought it was a cool plane. Still do.


58 posted on 07/22/2016 3:05:22 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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