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Interesting little mystery.
35 years later, man still trying to solve plane crash mystery (greatfallstribune.com)
35 years later, man still trying to solve plane crash mystery (greatfallstribune.com)
much more at the link aboveSome 35 years ago, Arden Van Horssen was hunting near Augusta when through his binoculars he saw a flash of white on an opposite hillside.
It ended up being the wreckage of a small airplane.
When Van Horssen, a pilot himself, hiked to the crash site, he could tell the plane was upside down when it crashed into some large pine trees about 50 feet from the top of the mountain. However, other than the tips of the propeller being bent, the plane was almost unscathed.
There was no real big damage to anything, he said. That plane landed beautifully upside down, almost like it was flown in there.
And when he looked inside, the airplane appeared good as new.
The cockpit, it wasnt disturbed a bit, Van Horssen said.
Nothing inside made it look like anyone had been injured. Even the upholstery remained untouched.
I thought, by God, these people who were in there walked away, he said.
But Van Horssen never did find out exactly what happened to the planes occupants, and hes wondered about it ever since.
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