SO Sunday my son had a friend over (Saturday we went to the GP, watched the world challenge race) - his friend always like to take a boat ride - It was a little rough out - but hey - they always do some sort of air show before the start.
So saw the planes take off -
The kids on the boat
The GP
and the result of the plane in the water
So saw them all take off - saw them assemble - then saw one plane peeling off and heading back to the field - he went over head and you could hear the engine spluttering - I said that does not sound good - he circled around the bay - at one point was headed straight for the boat - (yes, boat was in gear, just in case) then he started his turn towards landing strip. When he started flaring (and the engine was spluttering and missing) I knew he wasn't going to make it. Lucking he hit the water instead of the seawall or he'd be dead.
The boat in the third picture was right there fishing (too close to the runway for me) and the plane wing missed the t-top by what looked like less then 50 feet.
made a heck of splash. Then the plane nosed over. Two guys from the fishing boat jumped in and pulled the pilot and passenger out - before any rescue folks could arrive. We stayed put and within minutes we were passed by rescue boats/craft flying by us.
Pretty amazing really - the pilot and passenger were very luckily the fishing boat was right there - and the fishing boat was luckily they were not taken out. Seriously...