I have a couple hours available to watch the skies. Assignment for backup planefag? or not needed ATM?
Copy. Watching CONUS (my fav).
Wasn't able to research VT missing plane last nite. Spouseanon told me wreckage has been found with 1 person/pilot/dead.
Quick info attached, someone else will have to dig on it if digging is wanted.
"PITTSFORD, Vermont - Vermont State Police are identifying the pilot found dead Thursday at the scene of a plane crash as Norman L. Baker, an 89-year-old resident of Windsor who has been a pilot for most of his life.
Baker was found dead in the wreckage of a crash at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday in a wooded area near U.S. Route 7 in Pittsford, state police said.
He had set off the Pittsfield Municipal Airport on Wednesday afternoon en route to Middlebury, Vermont, which is approximately 110 miles north. The crash site is about 10 miles south of Middlebury.
A resident of the area discovered the crash scene while out walking. The resident was out investigating after learning of reports of a missing plane the day before, police said.
State and local police, and local fire departments had been searching the area the night before beginning at 10:30 p.m. but found nothing in the dark. State Police said a Vermont Army National Guard helicopter and several aircraft from the Vermont Civil Air Patrol resumed an aerial search Thursday morning when it was light, but again nothing was found.
According to police, a caller reported at around 5 p.m. Wednesday hearing a loud noise in the area of Sugar Hollow Road in Pittsford. The caller reported seeing a low-flying plane moments earlier before hearing the noise. The called did not report seeing a crash or any wreckage but expressed fear that a plane crashed.
Police report no other calls of a possible crash was reported, police canvassed the area around where the caller heard the noise but found nothing. A Civil Air Patrol search also revealed nothing. State Police also reported the FAA, Civil Air Patrol and Rutland Regional Airport had no unaccounted aircraft.
The search resumed hours later when the Massachusetts State Police contacted Vermont State Police at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to report Baker's plane had departed Pittsfield hours earlier and had not arrived in Middlebury.
It is unclear why the plane, a 4-passenger 1966 Cessna, crashed. Baker, who was alone in the plane, is reported to have made the same flight around 20 times before, police said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. The Vermont Chief Medical Examiner is scheduled to perform an autopsy on Baker, police said."
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Radar shows a P8 Poseidon circle twiced over SE Maine then return towards DC area. Pic 3-4. (Magenta-red trail)
Likely unrelated to planecrash.
I don't know much here, just a few initial thoughts. Possible to look up crashed plane now that it's been IDd and discover its flight history, origin, more on pilot? Diggers interested in pursuing?
Shit. Thank you. That's what I get for trying to do laundry while planefagging. I'm no damn good at digging. Sigh.
Corrected info on VT plane crash. Date 5/21/18.
http://www.wcax.com/content/news/1-dead-in-Bennington-plant-crash-483196981.html
WOODFORD, Vt. (WCAX) Vermont State Police say a man died in a plane crash in Bennington Sunday.
Police say the plane was headed from Burlington to Connecticut when it went missing Sunday afternoon. The search began after the FAA lost contact with the aircraft around 3:30 p.m.
The wreckage of the twin-engine Piper PA-34 was found around 1 a.m. Monday in a remote area about three miles off Route 9 in Woodford in the woods on Bald Mountain.
The FAA says the pilot was the only person on board. He was found dead in the wreckage. His name has not yet been released.
Crews from the State Police and NTSB are still investigating.
More more articles on the 5/21/18 Bennington, VT plane crash
https://vtdigger.org/2018/05/21/state-police-1-dead-bennington-county-plane-crash/
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Possible-plane-crashes-in-Bennington-12929874.php
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2018-05-21/crews-find-wreckage-of-small-plane-that-crashed-in-vermont
http://www.wwlp.com/news/world/crews-searching-for-possible-missing-plane-in-vermont/1190470570 … Officials have not yet been able to confirm to NEWS10 how many people may have been aboard the aircraft, or its origin or destination.
http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/one-man-dead-in-small-plane-crash-near-bennington/1190630330