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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 07:23 AM
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German plane lands on speeding Porsche
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German pilot and driver escaped unhurt when a one-seater plane landed on top of a speeding car at a little-used airport, police in the western town of Bitburg said on Wednesday.

"It was a miracle that no one was hurt. There was considerable damage done to the plane and the car," said Klaus Schnarrbach, spokesman for the Bitburg police.

The driver was racing at 160 kph (100 mph) with 11 other members of a local Porsche club at the airport, a former U.S. air base, when the single-engine plane accidentally landed on his roof. The shocked driver slammed on the brakes, sending the plane crashing to the ground.

"The airplane managed to stay steady on the roof at first," said Schnarrbach, adding the pilot faced possible charges of negligence. "They probably couldn't have done it that well if they had tried," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050706/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_germany_porsche
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 07:25 AM
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1. My old stomping grounds. I used to live in Bitburg
That would have been fun to see

Bitte Ein Bit
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