Wal-Mart heir's plane had loose parts (AP)

by Populux | August 13, 2006 at 06:06 am
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. - The home-built aircraft in which Wal-Mart heir John Walton was killed had a loose flight control component and was heavily modified, according to a government report. Walton, 58, died June 27, 2005, when his kit-built plane crashed in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming shortly after he took off from the Jackson Hole Airport. Walton lived in Jackson Hole where he maintained a low profile although Forbes magazine listed him as the world's 11th richest man, worth about $18 billion ...
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