Well, at least no one on the ground was hurt. I've twice seen single cars
go up in flames in my neighborhood from only a couple hundred feet away, so
this must have been quite frightening from your close proximity.
Gerard
At 4:06 PM -0800 2/17/00, Elliott, Patrick wrote:
>Too close? I'm sitting right off the end of the runway right now !
>It was actually an auction yard were the insurance companies dispose of
>wrecks and recoveries.
>When my Honda accord was made into an according, I had to go there and get
>my things out of it before it was auctioned off for parts. That's why there
>was allot of cars with gas in them. A junk yard would drain any tank they
>had.
> A tragic lost of three lives, but ever stop to think how many people died
>yesterday on the roads? allot more then three but you'll never hear about it
>on the news.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Swift Justice [mailto:samesq@pacbell.net]
>Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 3:41 PM
>To: Gerard Chateauvieux
>Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Big wreck in wrecking yard
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>Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
>
>> Just saw a news flash about a DC8 cargo plane crashing into a wrecking
>yard
>> in Sacramento near Mather AFB. The place is a hugh ball of flames. Is this
>> anybody's favorite parts reserve?
>
>It's about 4 miles from my place, just across the street from the pick and
>pull, where I have actually parted a RB midget or too... I live on the
>opposite side of Mather. A little too close for comfort.
>
>Steve
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