Facts Not Fiction Pls, and GoneWest And all Ppruners, A MUST READ ....Your Right Rudi Dekkers is CEO for Ambassador Airways AND Co owner for Florida Air
Source: Naples Daily News
East Naples man crashes plane one day, plans return to skies the next
Thursday, March 16, 2000
By RACHELLE BOTT, Staff Writer
A few bumps and bruises didn't faze James Brodel.
The 70-year-old East Naples man plans to return to the skies today, one day after he crashed a Cessna 152.
Bob Milbert checks the flipped plane before removing it from the Naples Municipal Airport runway on Wednesday. Sylwia Kapuscinski/Staff
"He sat down in the office and said, 'I'm going to fly another Cessna tomorrow,'" Rudi Dekkers, president of Ambassador Airways, said recalling Brodel's reaction to his airplane crash Wednesday morning.
Brodel walked away from the crash at Naples Municipal Airport with minor injuries. The plane wasn't so lucky.
"It's totaled," Dekkers said of the $35,000 plane he rented to Brodel.
Brodel couldn't be reached for comment at his Imperial Wilderness home.
His neighbors in the East Naples mobile home park first learned about the crash on the 6 o'clock news and declined to comment.
During the landing, a wheel bent sideways and the nose gear got torn up, Dekkers said, indicating that Brodel had a harsh landing.
If a pilot hits the runway too fast and the plane bounces, then a gust of wind could tip a plane over, the owner said.
Brodel was flying the two-seater - a common training plane - around the Naples area. He was returning to the airport to land around 9:25 a.m., Naples Police and Emergency Services officials said.
Aviation authorities say a strong gust of wind cutting across the runway caused the plane to flip tail over propeller, landing in the grass next to the runway.
"It's best to have the wind in front of you because it slows you down," said airport Executive Director Ted Soliday.
Plane crashes are rare in the Naples area, Soliday said.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating Wednesday's crash.
Brodel began flying on Jan. 17 and had logged just under 38 hours of flying time, Dekkers said. He hasn't had any other problems while flying and has a good medical record, the plane owner said.
Source : Florida union times
"Getting off the ground Rudi Dekkers knows the challenges -- others have tried and failed to successfully launch a Florida-only commuter airline -- but he is determined that his start-up, Florida Air, will succeed"
Remember what he said Ambassador said.
A RED FLAG IF YOU ASK ME
" For information, there is NO affiliation with the above airline, and by way of information - having spoken to the C.E.O. of Florida Air today"
[ 21 August 2001: Message edited by: F900B ]
[ 21 August 2001: Message edited by: F900B ]