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Monday, July 17, 2006

News Knock! Knock!

Posted by Lance Chess on Mon, Jul 17 at 10:09 AM

Luckily nobody was home when a 1951 British fighter jet slammed into a Hillsboro neighborhood home around 4:30 PM yesterday.

The pilot was leaving the Hillsboro International Air Show on route to California. He was killed in the impact.

The house impacted was destroyed and two others were set ablaze.

One onlooker commented “The flames shot up like a bolt of lightning.”

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I refuse to make a joke about californians. I refuse.

It's really hard.

I can't... I mustn't.

R.I.P. brave pilot!

Posted by Alex-jon | July 17, 2006 11:00 AM

Turns out my friend was working right across the street from this when it happened. From his blog, "A plane crashed into a few houses across the street from my work today. Apparently ash from the explosion scattered all over the parking lot. Poor pilot man. At least he was 73 and led a long life. And died doing something he was passionate about."

Posted by Kipey McBly | July 17, 2006 11:26 AM

Airshows: a dangerous, pointless waste of fossil fuel.
http://www.strangedangers.com/content/category/100241_1.html

Posted by threebs | July 17, 2006 12:44 PM

WAIT!! I have one:
He was just looking for the Farmer's Market!

Ohhhhhhhh, old people driving jokes, they never get old.

Posted by Alex-jon | July 17, 2006 8:20 PM

My friend was driving by on the freeway when he saw the plane crash. The worse part was that he was driving his friend to the airport.

Posted by Eraser | July 19, 2006 4:48 PM

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