Authorities are investigating the botched landing of a small airplane at the Marshall County Airport on Sunday night. WSBT-TV reports the pilot was blinded by the sun as he was coming in for a landing around 8 p.m. The plane skidded across Lilac Road and stopped in a grassy area near the airport. The pilot was treated at a local hospital for a minor eye injury. No other injuries were reported.
Marshall County’s full-service sky diving center is staying put for at least five years. The Plymouth Aviation Board approved a lease extension for Plymouth Sky Sports at Plymouth Municipal Airport. The lease starts at $450 per month and increases by three-percent in 2014 and 2015 and another three percent in 2016 and 2017. The lease amount is based on the square footage used by the business. Plymouth Sky Sports operates five days a week and also offers tandem demonstration jumps.
Plymouth Municipal Airport had found itself in dismal condition after 30 years of neglect. Run-down and overgrown, the 45-year-old airport hadn’t seen any kind of improvements in the last three decades, but Mayor Mark Senter sought to change that.
Senter was elected in 2008 and immediately took an interest in the airfield. He appointed new members to the Board of Aviation Commissioners, including its new president, Tom Flynn. Flynn explained that everything about the airport had been redone, including a new tile floor, fresh paint, and even a mural by college student Kailee Shearin. Shearin had painted a mural for the lobby in exchange for the promise of an airplane ride.
