w1ld wrote: ] ] An elderly man recently diagnosed with a brain tumor ] ] leaped to his death from a vintage airplane he rented to ] ] celebrate his 88th birthday, officials said Tuesday. ] ] ] ] Joseph Harold Frost took off his safety belt at 300 to ] ] 400 feet, stood up in the open cockpit of the two-seat ] ] biplane and went over the side Monday. ] ] ] ] "I think that was Dad's idea, to go out in a flash of ] ] glory," said Robert Frost, who had helped his father ] ] arrange the chartered flight on a biplane similar to the ] ] ones the elder Frost flew in World War II. ] ] ] ] The man landed on an apartment patio, horrifying those ] ] who witnessed it. ] ] ] ] "I saw him hit the power lines, heard trees breaking. I ] ] really thought it wasn't real," Cynthia Lankford said. ] ] Im not sure that is a flash of glory. Does this fall under standard homeowner's insurance or act of God clause? RE: Ill senior dies in jump from birthday biplane flight |