LSA crash at Midway - KJWY

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http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1916617.html
Two men, possibly a flight instructor and a student, died Saturday when their plane crashed in a field outside Waxahachie.

They took off from Dallas Executive Airport in a Tecnam P-2002 S, which is a two-seat, single-engine airplane. They crashed shortly before noon about three miles northeast of Mid-Way Regional Airport, which is between Waxahachie and Midlothian.

The men's names had not been released Saturday afternoon, but Federal Aviation Administration Spokesman Lynn Lunsford said, "From what we gather, there was a flight instructor and a student on board."

Mid-Way Regional Airport is frequently used by pilots who want to practice takeoffs and landings. There is no control tower, and it's unclear if any other aircraft were in the area. The men did not file a flight plan, but that's not unusual for instruction flights, Lunsford said.
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Anyone who has done training in the DFW area has probably been to that airport.
 
Doesn't the CRP Future Pilot program run a Tecnam out of RBD? For those that don't know, they are a High School age flight program for African-American kids without fathers.
 
BillErvin said:
Doesn't the CRP Future Pilot program run a Tecnam out of RBD? For those that don't know, they are a High School age flight program for African-American kids without fathers.
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Yeah, they do and one of our flight instructor occasionally does work for them. It was a pretty nice afternoon here; just a few little sprinkles, high overcast, and dead calm winds.
 
RIP fellow aviators. This is the second year in a row that we've had a LSA fatal accident the weekend of the US Light Sport Expo.
 
JWY is a nice little field. That's where I took my PPL checkride. There's a DC-3 based there, and a banner-towing op, too.

Very sad.
 
AirVenture said:
Yeah, they do and one of our flight instructor occasionally does work for them. It was a pretty nice afternoon here; just a few little sprinkles, high overcast, and dead calm winds.
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Flew today out of McKinney. Dead calm winds, high overcast and very smooooth.
 
I am hoping it is not Carol's husband.

JWY is a nice little field. That's where I took my PPL checkride. There's a DC-3 based there, and a banner-towing op, too.
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Yes I really like Midway. I have spent alot of time there in the pattern and always like to drop in to take a break and chat with all the nice folks. It is just a great little community airfield with some of the nicest folks I have ever met.

The DC-3 is actually one of two based there, along with an old Convair C-131, a T-33, and several helos. http://www.airborneimaging.net

There is also a banner towing company, A trio of T-28 Airshow performers, and a great glider school.
 
UGH! I instructed there for a couple of weeks in July/August. Flew with the kid a few times. Very sad...The instructor seemed good, and was a cool guy too. He gave me my checkout flight before I started working for them...RIP:o
 
LoadMasterC141 said:
I am hoping it is not Carol's husband.



Yes I really like Midway. I have spent alot of time there in the pattern and always like to drop in to take a break and chat with all the nice folks. It is just a great little community airfield with some of the nicest folks I have ever met.

The DC-3 is actually one of two based there, along with an old Convair C-131, a T-33, and several helos. http://www.airborneimaging.net

There is also a banner towing company, A trio of T-28 Airshow performers, and a great glider school.
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Really good guys the Trojan Phlyers.

RIP. Really sad to hear.
 
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