REFLECTOR: Velocity down in North Carolina

[Kevin Baker]

I just looked at the link and it said it was updated at 4:32p.
This is very sad.

Hospital says pilot in Sanford plane crash has died


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On Sep 25, 2011, at 17:11, "Brett Ferrell" <reflector at velocityxl.com> wrote:

> Just saw this, hopefully Kirk is OK?
> 
> http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2011/sep/25/8/plane-crashes-near-sanford-1-hurt-ar-1429990/
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> LEE COUNTY, N.C. --
> Police say one man was hurt when a small plane crashed near the Raleigh Executive Jetport outside Sanford Sunday afternoon.
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> The victim has not been identified yet, but the Federal Aviation Administration late Sunday afternoon said the plane was registered to Kirk Aragon of Apex.
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> Police say the crash was reported about 12:45 p.m. when a neighbor called 911 to say she heard a plane flying low overheard, heard a crash and saw smoke.
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> The plane crashed into woods at the end of Breezewood Road about a half mile from the jetport.
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> Witness Leola Carter said, "I heard the plane coming over and then I heard a loud pop."
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> Carter said she grabbed her cell phone and hurried to the site of the crash where she found the pilot was already out of the plane. "I told him I’m on my way just hang in there," she said.  "He was thanking me and saying he wanted to live. I’m hoping he will be all right," she continued, "and I think he will because his voice was strong."
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> The manager of the jetport, Dan Swanson, told NBC-17 News that the plane was a home-built experimental aircraft called a Velocity. The plane was based at the jetport.
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> "There were no real signs of distress, there were no May day calls that we heard," Swanson said.
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> Swanson said the plane was built from a kit.
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> Chief Larry Kelly of the Deep River Fire Department said the pilot had second and third degree burns.   
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> The pilot was flown by helicopter to the North Carolina Jacyee Burn Center in Chapel Hill.
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