Pilot and Two Passengers Swim Away Unscathed After Ditching Near FL Keys

For reasons yet unknown, a 1989 Waco Classic biplane ended the year with a splash as it was ditched off Sombrero Beach, FL, near the Marathon airport in the FL Keys. The Jacobs powered bipe reported suffered some manner of power interruption, while the pilot called for a Mayday on the local unicom frequency and managed what appears to be a pretty well-controlled ditching into the Atlantic. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office confirms that there were three people on board the Conch Air Waco flight-seeing aircraft (three men, according to local media reports), the pilot and two passengers. All three occupants refused medical attention (but probably did ask for a towel...) and the aircraft appeared to su