LAKE LOS ANGELES PLANE CRASH VICTIM IDENTIFIED.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer With the assistance of the FBI, a pilot killed in the crash of a home-built airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. has been identified as a 73-year-old Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. man on his way to an airplane enthusiasts gathering in Oregon. A pilot since 1958, Frank Simons crashed on his way to a ``fly-in'' in Redman, Ore., for owners of Lancair 235 airplanes - the kind Simons was flying, which he put together in his garage after his retirement. ``When he started flying, it was his whole life,'' Simons' widow, Randi Simons, said Wednesday. ``He loved it.'' Frank Simons was identified Tuesday through fingerprints Impressions or reproductions of the distinctive pattern of lines and grooves on the skin of human fingertips. Fingerprints are reproduced by pressing a person's fingertips into ink and then onto a piece of paper. because the massive injuries he suffered made it impossible to make a comparison with dental records Dental Records is a small, independent metal record label, based in Ipswich, UK. Artists
The single-engine, two-seat plane crashed around 8 a.m. Sept. 4 in light rain in a sparsely populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. area near 185th Street East and Avenue S-8. Simons had left that morning from Chino Airport Chino Airport (IATA: CNO, ICAO: KCNO) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the city of Chino in San Bernardino County, California, USA. . A civil electrical engineer by trade, his interest in aviation was intensified after he retired from his civilian job with the Navy. He had been a branch director for combat systems in Long Beach. After Simons retired, he bought a boat and took up sailing, but then turned back to his love of flying. He began building the Lancair in his garage seven years ago after the manufacturer of another plane he was building went out of business. ``He built it in the garage here at home,'' said Randi Simons. ``He did it by himself.'' The plane made its first flight Oct. 5, 1997. Investigators have not disclosed what caused the crash, but Randi Simons described her husband as a meticulous man and doubted that it was due to the plane's home-built origins. ``There was nothing wrong with the plane,'' she said. Randi and Frank Simons met in Norway, her native country, where he had lived for several years while on business. After they married, he received his first pilot's license in Denmark and also flew in Italy. After returning to California, Simons continued flying, and the couple at times would rent airplanes and travel across the continent. As per his wishes, Simons' remains were to be cremated Wednesday. His ashes will be scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. over the ocean later. ``He was a modest, warm man with a good sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour ,'' Randi Simons said. ``I'll miss him, but it's a comfort knowing that when he passed away he did it doing something he loved.'' |
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