Plane crash in Stonewall claims Spring Branch pilot

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fbgstandard01, on March 29, 2017

A Spring Branch-based pilot was killed in a small plane crash that occurred at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 25 in Stonewall. Licensed pilot James Sydney Ethridge, 75, was operating a Piper Cherokee 140 aircraft and landed on the runway at Burg Lake Aero airport in Stonewall, according to the Texas Department

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