FILMMAKER WAS VICTIM IN PLANE CRASH.Byline: - Daily News LANCASTER - A documentary filmmaker from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. was identified Thursday as one of the men killed when a single-engine plane crashed Monday near Fox Airfield. Gary Rhine, 54, a licensed flight instructor A flight instructor is a person who teaches others to fly aircraft. Specific privileges granted to holders of a flight instructor certificate vary from country to country, but very generally, a flight instructor serves to enhance or evaluate the knowledge and skill level of an , and a second man, a helicopter pilot whose name still has not been made public, had been practicing how to land if the plane's engine quit, an investigator said. ``They had done the maneuver once before, right before the accident. On the second attempt, they crashed,'' National Transportation Safety Board investigator Patrick Jones said. Rhine was chief executive officer of Malibu-based Kifaru Productions, which he ran with his wife, Irene Romero-Rhine. He won awards for documentaries he made about American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. issues. His latest was ``A Seat at the Table,'' about the problems faced by American Indians American Indians: see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the; Natives, Middle American; Natives, North American; Natives, South American. in practicing their ceremonies. Rhine chaired the board of directors of DreamCatchers, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to the preservation of indigenous cultures and sacred lands. A fifth-generation San Franciscan, his funeral is scheduled for Sunday in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . A memorial service is expected to be held later in Los Angeles, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. his Internet Webblog, Rhino's Blog. Jones said the investigation is likely to take six months to a year before a cause is determined. In practices like the men were doing, the plane's engine is slowed but not stopped, Jones said. There is no indication there was an engine malfunction, although firefighters at the scene said witnesses told them it sounded like the engine quit. ``There is no indication the engine shut down,'' Jones said. The plane was equipped with a parachute designed to allow it to float down for a landing. The parachute was found spread out beside the wreckage, but Jones said the parachute deployed after the crash. The parachute has a rocket motor that propels it up and away from the airplane. ``When the airplane hit the ground, the parachute was still onboard the airplane and it fired after that,'' Jones said. |
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