Wellington's fly-in aviation community stunned by fatal crash.

From: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) | Date: August 21, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Joel Hood

Aug. 21--WELLINGTON -- It was a sound Diane Keller noticed first. A muffled growl that seemed different from all the other times she had heard airplanes take off and land in this close-knit aviation community.

Keller was standing in her kitchen Sunday morning making breakfast when she heard it. Neighbors Scott and Joann Schlander had fired up their single-engine Thorp T-18 in their home hangar and were rolling toward the airstrip, which split...

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