ZACK SPACE'S ENERGY CRISIS
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Freshman Congressman Zack Space thought for a while today that his campaign for re-election might literally crash and burn in a Fairfield County farm field.
As Space told the story during a Newark fundraiser this evening, he was flying with his committee chairman, Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson, from Zanesville to Lancaster in Peterson's Beechcraft Bonanza when the single-engine aircraft suddenly lost all electric power.
Peterson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, was in Ohio to support Space in his bid for a second term as congressman for Ohio's sprawling 18th District, which covers 16 eastern Ohio counties. The Dover Democrat is a member of the agriculture committee, so the two lawmakers were spending the day visiting farms across the district.
Space admits to a life-long phobia about flying, and so he admits the malfunction gave him plenty to think about other than politics. "I began wondering if I could survive jumping out of the plane into some body of water," he said at the fundraiser.
Peterson, however, seemed less concern. The problem with the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza was a bad alternator, which had gone out several times before, Peterson said. Despite the power outage, the Minnesotan landed the plane without incident in Lancaster.
"We were never in any danger," Peterson said.
The two congressmen last night told supporters that energy is the number one issue now facing Congress.
And as Space now knows, when you're out of power, you're in for a white-knuckle landing.
As Space told the story during a Newark fundraiser this evening, he was flying with his committee chairman, Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson, from Zanesville to Lancaster in Peterson's Beechcraft Bonanza when the single-engine aircraft suddenly lost all electric power.
Peterson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, was in Ohio to support Space in his bid for a second term as congressman for Ohio's sprawling 18th District, which covers 16 eastern Ohio counties. The Dover Democrat is a member of the agriculture committee, so the two lawmakers were spending the day visiting farms across the district.
Space admits to a life-long phobia about flying, and so he admits the malfunction gave him plenty to think about other than politics. "I began wondering if I could survive jumping out of the plane into some body of water," he said at the fundraiser.
Peterson, however, seemed less concern. The problem with the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza was a bad alternator, which had gone out several times before, Peterson said. Despite the power outage, the Minnesotan landed the plane without incident in Lancaster.
"We were never in any danger," Peterson said.
The two congressmen last night told supporters that energy is the number one issue now facing Congress.
And as Space now knows, when you're out of power, you're in for a white-knuckle landing.
