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HARRISON FORD - Plane crashes...actor seriously injured
tmz ^ | 3-5-15

Posted on 03/05/2015 3:38:20 PM PST by doug from upland

A small plane piloted by Harrison Ford has crash-landed at an L.A. golf course ... but we're told the actor has survived. TMZ has learned ... Ford was piloting what appears to be a vintage 2-seater fighter plane Thursday ... when something went wrong and he crashed into Penmar golf course in Venice, CA. We're told Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head and was bleeding. Two doctors who happened to be at the golf course rushed over to treat the actor. Emergency personnel arrived to the scene a short time later. Ford was transported to a nearby hospital. 72-year-old Ford is a longtime aviator -- piloting planes and helicopters -- and has crashed multiple times in the past. Story developing ...

Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3TYdZxufz


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: harrisonford; hollywood; planecrash
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To: doug from upland
It not a WW2 fighter... it a WW2 trainer a Ryan PT-22 Recruit
141 posted on 03/05/2015 4:37:46 PM PST by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: TurboZamboni
May be he’s the billy joel of the air.

He's the air piano man?

142 posted on 03/05/2015 4:41:10 PM PST by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: doug from upland

Blame it on Chewy. Looks like he screwed up the jump to Light Speed again...


143 posted on 03/05/2015 4:42:38 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: doug from upland

I’ll bet one of the golfers below “suddenly remembered his Charlemagne”.


144 posted on 03/05/2015 4:43:52 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: doug from upland

Ah, but he didn’t hurt his ‘left wing’, just the aircraft’s, perhaps.


145 posted on 03/05/2015 4:44:35 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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To: central_va
He’s 72 and richer than hell.

Yeah, that's what they said about Hub and Garth, too!


146 posted on 03/05/2015 4:44:39 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: DFG

Wow. Thanks. “May tag Messerschmidt. LOL.


147 posted on 03/05/2015 4:46:54 PM PST by Mercat (forgive all your DeeDees)
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To: skinkinthegrass

OK, what does “GA” stand for”?


148 posted on 03/05/2015 4:48:23 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: aomagrat

He survived a Crash Landing.

He is a good Pilot. Bad Pilots panic, he obviously didn’t.


149 posted on 03/05/2015 4:49:52 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Tagline under review by the United States Supreme Court.)
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To: doug from upland

Fair to moderate condition now...

http://wgntv.com/2015/03/05/reports-actor-harrison-ford-injured-in-small-plane-crash/


150 posted on 03/05/2015 4:50:46 PM PST by Citizen Zed ("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
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To: doug from upland

Back Seat Flier...


151 posted on 03/05/2015 4:50:59 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Tagline under review by the United States Supreme Court.)
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To: caver

I’ll never fly with him!


152 posted on 03/05/2015 4:51:23 PM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: yarddog
OK, what does “GA” stand for”?

General Aviation - Everything other than Military or Airlines...and NASA

153 posted on 03/05/2015 4:53:07 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: BwanaNdege

Thank you.


154 posted on 03/05/2015 4:54:15 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

I’m going to guess General Aviation.


155 posted on 03/05/2015 4:54:27 PM PST by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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To: GraceG

Ahhh ... a clear case of self-defense! ... :-) ...


156 posted on 03/05/2015 4:55:47 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: doug from upland
The Penmar GC is less than a mile from the Santa Monica Airport.

I wonder if the fuel gauge was not operating correctly. Or perhaps a mechanical failure?

157 posted on 03/05/2015 4:56:25 PM PST by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/obamas_face_golf_ball.jpg"We determined the problem, Mr. Ford – it was a golf ball in the intake manifold ..."
158 posted on 03/05/2015 4:57:54 PM PST by mikrofon (Talk about a Rough landing ;)
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To: doug from upland

Looking at the crash photo my first thought was “I hope he was in the back seat.” Wow.


159 posted on 03/05/2015 4:59:19 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Nope, it’s a Glock... ARF!


160 posted on 03/05/2015 5:00:32 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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