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Plane crashes into old KATC tower
Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:50 pm
KATC
Baw should have studied his sectional and been aware.
I did my checkride out of Gonzales and 92.3’s gigantic tower is pretty hard to not notice.
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Acadian Ambulance officials say that one person is dead as a result of the crash.
According to the FAA, the plane was a Piper Cherokee (PA-28). No word yet on the victim’s identity. The tower stood at 1,800 feet and was being rented by KAJN radio.
Baw should have studied his sectional and been aware.
I did my checkride out of Gonzales and 92.3’s gigantic tower is pretty hard to not notice.
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Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:51 pm to Loungefly85
Got damn Rob Perillo!
Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:53 pm to Loungefly85
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Baw should have studied his sectional and been aware.
I did my checkride out of Gonzales and 92.3’s gigantic tower is pretty hard to not notice.
True, it's not like they move around.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:55 pm to Loungefly85
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The tower stood at 1,800 feet
Holy shite! Is that a typo? That seems really tall.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 5:56 pm to Loungefly85
Looked like he hit a guy wire. For an 1800 foot tall tower those wires may have branched far out.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 6:02 pm to whitefoot
Wiki list tallest US structures (i.e. mostly radio towers)
list has one in Wisconsin that collapsed in March 2011, then it's replacement collapsed in Dec 2011.
must have given up after that
list has one in Wisconsin that collapsed in March 2011, then it's replacement collapsed in Dec 2011.
must have given up after that
Posted on 8/31/18 at 6:10 pm to whitefoot
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Holy shite! Is that a typo? That seems really tall.
No. It is something like 60 or 70 feet taller than either of the original WTC towers or the Sears Tower (frick you, I refuse to call it the Willis Tower) and is something like a foot or two taller than the new WTC tower.
It's REALLY fricking tall and it's not even close to the tallest broadcast tower. Towers are tall. That's why we say that they tower over things.
This post was edited on 8/31/18 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 8/31/18 at 7:19 pm to jcaz
Back in ‘83, while working on a scaffolding crew at the Waterford III nuclear plant, me and two friends witness a similar accident.
Dude was in a biplane crop dusting some cane fields and was getting really close to the guy wires of a tall radio tower.
On his last pass, his left wing clipped a guy wire, sending his plane into a helicopter spin into the ground. It seemed to happen in slow motion in front of us. The plane hit the ground without an explosion. Lucky dude, he survived with only a broken shoulder.
Dude was in a biplane crop dusting some cane fields and was getting really close to the guy wires of a tall radio tower.
On his last pass, his left wing clipped a guy wire, sending his plane into a helicopter spin into the ground. It seemed to happen in slow motion in front of us. The plane hit the ground without an explosion. Lucky dude, he survived with only a broken shoulder.
This post was edited on 9/2/18 at 11:15 am
Posted on 8/31/18 at 7:24 pm to Loungefly85
I just checked KBON. All is well. I was worried for a moment there.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 7:34 pm to Loungefly85
Posted on 8/31/18 at 7:44 pm to whitefoot
WLBT tower in Raymond MS is 2000ft
Posted on 8/31/18 at 7:47 pm to Reservoir dawg
Never knew how high it was but that is the tallest tower I’ve seen.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:03 pm to Loungefly85
No Jesus music tonight?
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:06 pm to Loungefly85
Rob Perillo is going to be pissed.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:10 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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It's REALLY fricking tall and it's not even close to the tallest broadcast tower. Towers are tall. That's why we say that they tower over things.
That's what make the Burj Kkalifa at 2,700 ft. all the more incredible. It looks like something built 200 years before its time. It's the only thing that exist today that imagined would exist when I was a little boy watching the Jetsons.
That's awful about that accident.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:48 pm to whitefoot
There’s one or two off river road that are taller if I’m not mistaken
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:03 pm to LSUTigerFan247
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There’s one or two off river road that are taller if I’m not mistaken
The old 92.3 radio station out of LaPlace used to tout that they broadcasted from the highest structure in Louisiana.
ETA, Of course I see the OP mentions that, but I thought it was in LaPlace not Gonzales.
This post was edited on 8/31/18 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:18 pm to Y.A. Tittle
#1 It was wasn't me and Number 2 there are some 2000 ft towers around KIAH
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:33 pm to Loungefly85
They are huge and have blinking lights and are in the sectionals.
I like pa 28's. Fun to fly a pain to get in and out of
I like pa 28's. Fun to fly a pain to get in and out of
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:38 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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The old 92.3 radio station out of LaPlace used to tout that they broadcasted from the highest structure in Louisiana.
"Correct, Radio Gods."
2000ft tall.
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