according to the guy on msnbc right now who flew that very airplane regularly, it was an RG.
and a 15-year-old pilot, according to the sheriff's department. which makes it not unlike a crash i covered in lauderhill, just north of inverrary, in 1977. kid stole a plane and took three of his friends for a ride. in that case, he apparently wanted to take a look at a thunderstorm.
now we here the kid has the muslamic name of charles bishop.
meanwhile, a united express commuter has crashed between denver and boulder.
dep