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PHOENIX A Paradise Valley surgeon could face federal and state charges after removing the body of his dead son from a plane crash.
Twenty-one-year-old Jacob Lundell was killed late Saturday afternoon while doing touch-and-go maneuvers at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport.
Police say a witness saw a red pickup truck pull up to the crash site and that two men removed the body.
The F-A-A says they're investigating possible federal violations, including the removal of the body from the crash site.
There are several Arizona statutes that address removal of a body.
One requires that a human body can't be removed from the scene of a suspicious death unless a county medical examiner gives permission.
F-A-A officials say the victim had neither a pilot's license nor a valid student pilot's certificate.
Also, the crashed plane wasn't registered.
Okay now, that is just sooooo wrong.the Dad drove the victim's body around so that other family members could give their last goodbyes
Washington Anacostia. LCOL Kevin Gross, Flight Test Director and Test Pilot for the MV-22 Osprey Integrated Test Team at Patuxent River was the guest speaker at the Washington Anacostia Squadron quarterly luncheon at the Army Navy Country Club in early December. LCOL Gross has 2,300 flight hours in 29 different aircraft in his log book. Importantly, he has 150 hours in the MV-22.
He gave an informative presentation on Osprey capabilities and brought members up to date on the latest MV-22 test flights. In the photo, Washington Anacostia CO, CAPT Bob Dawson, USNR (Ret.) thanks LCOL Gross for his revealing talk Roadrunners.
A September meeting the Roadrunner Squadron of Phoenix, Arizona featured Mrs. Deborah Lundell of the "Arizona Warbirds - Squadron 20," as its speaker. She represented the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and explained that Squadron 20 is primarily involved with training 16-18 year old Boy Scouts.
Her Squadron hosted the 3rd annual Fly-In at Casa Grande Airport south of Phoenix in October. Mrs.Lundell invited Roadrunners to join with a group of about 200 Boy Scouts in an introduction to the world of aviation. There were N2Ss, SNJs, SNBs and an NRl (WWII pilot: sound familiar?) on hand. Six Roadrunners showed up at the event and had a great day reliving the past and comporting with the Scouts.
In October Bernard "Pete" Peterson of the squadron reported on two reunion meetings he and his wife Marion, also a Roadrunner, attended in 2002. In May they traveled to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina where Pete was the guest speaker. He forged a link between VMF223 of yesteryear and VMA-223 of today. (See p. 68 Summer 2002 Wings of Gold).
The Petersons exchanged gifts with the squadron and Pete presented VMA-223 a Japanese battle flag from Okinawa combat in WWII.
Last spring Dr. Mark Lundell and his wife Deborah, owners of several WWII aircraft, invited Roadrunner members to fly in the plane of their choice around the "Valley of the Sun." The planes are hangared at Deer Valley Airport.
Roadrunners Pete and Marion Peterson, Harry Lewis and Bob Marrs enjoyed flying these historic planes. Deborah Lundell later spoke at a squadron meeting along with"Wasp" friend of WWII fame, Betty Blake. Betty described her experiences flying warbirds.
The Lundell's invited Pete Peterson to speak at a Boy Scout Roundtable gathering in October. Of course, the subject was aviation. In November, the squadron participated in a "Fly In." This occasion received local TV coverage and was enjoyed by veterans bused in from the local veterans hospital.
Below, are Lundell's A7-11 bomber trainer; and Pete Peterson in rear seat of Chuck Bivenour's SNJ during the November Fly In.
Retired CAPT Jim Gordon related his experiences in the defense industry and the Naval Reserve Intelligence Program at the November meeting. Although a nonaviator, he motivated his son to a career in Naval Aviation. LCDR Jim Gordon III is a pilot in HSL-41 flying Seahawks. The senior Gordon, a staff engineer with Honeywell Marine Systems, was involved in the Nuclear Depth Charge and Acoustic Homing Torpedo and Captor Mine System.
In his last Navy command tour he led a unit in counter-terrorism intelligence analysis, training personnel deploying in the Gulf War. Left to right in the photo are Foster Lewis, CAPT Gordon and Dick Ferron, Roadrunner CO.