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Topic: Dan Barry question
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issman1
Member Posts: 1042
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 04-19-2006 09:55 AM
  
I recall hearing, though not so vividly, a radio report way back in 1993(?) that former NASA astronaut Dan Barry was involved in a most bizarre accident.
It happened at an airport in League City, Texas. Apparently, a small plane Dan Barry was at the controls of was hit by a car whilst still on the runway. I could be wrong, but can anyone verify this ? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-19-2006 10:03 AM
Yes, that happened. The owner of the plane is a good friend of mine.It was the driver's fault, having taken a wrong turn and ended up on the taxiway unaware of the plane in her path. |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 04-20-2006 11:31 AM
unaware of the plane in her path.oh lord (slaps forehead). this is a reminder..never talk on cell phone while driving. wear your glasses
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pokey
Member Posts: 361
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 04-20-2006 05:46 PM
The airport is now closed, but there was an outdoor gun range across the street. I was told there were signs asking the gunmen to not shoot the parachutists! I shot a few rounds there back in the 80's when the sign was supposedly there but never saw it. There weren't any jumpers floating in across the street that day anyway..... |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 04-21-2006 08:14 AM
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but there was an outdoor gun range across the street
curious of the direction of the shooters have to aim....backs faceing airport or aiming the same direction toward the airport? ...was there a land barrier or man-made wall as an obstruction so bullets hopefully doesn't harm the public beyond the range? |
pokey
Member Posts: 361
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 04-30-2006 10:41 PM
At the Clear Creek Gun Range we were shooting away from the airport. My hubby laughed when I told him about my previous post in this thread. He remembers the tin shed over our heads having bullet holes in it so he wondered about some of those that used the range. There was what I called the Bambi range a little down the way from the range my group shot at where the really big (and really loud) hunting rifles were shot. The warning sign could have been over there since they were more likely to have the power to inflict damage at the airport across the street. I took off from that airport 21 years ago on my first and last single engine flight. It was called Houston Gulf airport from what I recall, on the south side of Clear Lake in League City. It was my last flight because my coworker pilot wanted to do stalls over Galveston Bay at night. One was a little too close to the then Gulf Oil refinery in Port Arthur. |
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