Sad news
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:17 pm
'I saw this article on CNN this morning:
'> CORSICANA, Texas (AP) -- A vintage World War II plane crashed in a
> pasture shortly after it took off Saturday, killing two men,
> authorities said.
>
> Witnesses Jeff Horn and his wife, Dora, told the Corsicana Daily Sun
> that the 1943 Fairchild PT26 had just taken off from the Corsicana
> Municipal Airport when the engine stalled, sending the plane crashing
> to the ground.
>
> Passenger Robert Burleson of Corsicana was killed. The pilot, Cliff
> McCluney of Kerens, died later at a hospital. Authorities said both
> men were in their 60s.
>
> The Federal Aviation Administration, the Texas Department of Public
> Safety and the local sheriff's department were investigating.
>
> Corsicana is about 50 miles south of Dallas.