Examiner Details Last Moment Of Flight
His prop windmilling uselessly, Larry "Mike" Bradshaw fought
heroically to save his Cessna 150 until the very end. That word
comes from FAA Flight Examiner Walt Bradshaw (no relation to
Larry).
Walt Bradshaw told a memorial service Wednesday night that the
certified flight instructor aboard the small 150 had extended his
flaps and tried to stretch his glide after apparent engine failure
near Venice Municipal Airport (FL) Saturday night. Both Mike
Bradshaw and his student, 57-year old Miguel Hernandez, were killed
in the accident, which went undiscovered for 19 hours. This, in
spite of at least one 911 call moments after the plane went down in
thick woods.
"Mike did everything he could in his power to make that plane
land," Bra