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87 year old pilot collides with 49 year old skydiver.
Florida. No guns involved.
Skydiver, pilot survive airborne collision
MULBERRY (FOX 13) -
Two men were hurt Saturday morning when a plane collided with the parachute of a skydiver in Mulberry.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says the pilot, 87-year-old Sharon Trembley, a World War II veteran, was doing touch-and-goes in his private Cessna at the South Lakeland Airport; that's when a plane touches down briefly then takes off again.
During his third pass, the passenger side wing of his plane clipped a skydiver's parachute, cutting the chute and tossing the skydiver into the air about 75-feet above the ground.
Two men who really, really don't belong in the air.
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Plane Hits Parachutist In Florida
By Susanna Capelouto and Janet DiGiacomo
... The airport covers 32 acres and has one runway. The airport is also home to a regional skydiving company, Skydive Tampa Bay, Inc ...
South Lakeland Airport