Gooney Bird Down

That’s the rumor from Fort Lauderdale, about twenty miles south of me. I hope that there were no casualties on the ground. I wonder how many C-47/DC-3s are still remaining, and how many of them still flying?

[Update a couple minutes later]

Now it’s sounding like it was out of Executive Airport, off Commercial Blvd, not out of Fort Lauderdale International.

[Update at 4:50 PM EDT]

Sounds like the pilot was a hero (assuming that he wasn’t at fault in the first place). He put it down in the street, missing homes and businesses.