Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The wreckage of the microlight is in a large deep river with fast flowing silted water which makes it near impossible to find and verify what went wrong. I write, verify, because he called on the radio twice and said what was wrong. At the time we were at 11,000 feet. He said that he had lost his wing and was falling. Those messages have been haunting me."

Source: Web message from Ricky De Agrela, one of two pilots taking part in the South Africa Freedom Flight, after his partner, 34-year old Mike Honeyborne, was killed in China last week. His Aerotrike apparently lost a wing at 11,000 feet and plunged into a lake near the village of Milou. Honeyborne's remains will be cremated this week, upon the arrival of his mother, Jocelyn, from Capetown.

FMI: www.safreedomflight.com