Penn Yan, NY--A Penn Yan man was injured Friday when his replica 1910 Glenn Curtiss biplane crashed a quarter mile east of the Penn Yan Airport. Pilot Harlan Poel, 67, lost altitude and crashed his replica single engine pusher biplane into a farm field, state police said. He was taken by helicopter to Strong Hospital in Rochester for what...
1910 Glenn Curtiss biplane. Submitted photo.Penn Yan, NY--A Penn Yan man was injured Friday when his replica 1910 Glenn Curtiss biplane crashed a quarter mile east of the Penn Yan Airport.
Pilot Harlan Poel, 67, lost altitude and crashed his replica single engine pusher biplane into a farm field, state police said. He was taken by helicopter to Strong Hospital in Rochester for what was reported as minor injuries.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.