Did anyone officially say it was a Piper Cub? The early reports were that it was a "tourist plane."
No, but they did say it was a Piper. Piper makes many different planes, so it is wrong to assume it is a Cub.
Did anyone officially say it was a Piper Cub? The early reports were that it was a "tourist plane." Heck .. there is a report that it was a helicopter
If so that must have been one BIG helicopter by the size of the hole in the building
I heard just a little while ago that it was either a
Piper Seneca or Sarratoga .. neither of which is a "small" plane. They seat 6 people. I'm hearing on MSNBC that the people from the ground said the plane was on fire when it hit, and the pilot radioed the tower with
engine and
landing gear problems.
So.... a) why didn't he glide away from the building -- my husband had to glide for more than 20 minutes in a Cessna 172 when going for his pilot's license.
b) anyone care to calculate the statistical probability that a plane will have engine trouble, catch fire, and then fly squarely into the top 5 or so floors of one of the most important buildings in Milan?