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Homebuilt Plane Crashes Into a House, Kills 3

sciam.com — An experimental, build-it-yourself Velocity 173 RG aircraft aircraft crashed into the living room of a house in Las Vegas Friday morning shortly after takeoff from the North Las Vegas airport, killing the pilot and two people inside the home, the AP reports.

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  • skewl, on 08/23/2008, -0/+5 I think,The Velocity's crash comes less than two weeks after a homebuilt Titan Tornado ultralight aircraft—capable of hitting 90 mph—crashed into an oncoming car after landing on the highway near San Bernardino County’s Mojave Valley.
  • AriaStar, on 08/23/2008, -0/+4If you have to get approval by the highway patrol to drive a homemade vehicle on public roads, why is there no approval needed for a homemade aircraft?

    For that matter, why can a five-year-old legally fly a plane, but a 15-year-old can't operate a car alone?
  • dildoolielly, on 08/24/2008, -1/+1Article is worthless. No facts about the cause, pilot or flight log.

    Why even write and submit it?
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