low-wing plane

When the controller got to the Cirrus, he said: "Uhhhh, you in the low-wing plane, follow the Cessna on takeoff.

A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, William A. Shumann, said the Mooney M20, a four-seat, low-wing plane with retractable landing gear, was, "by general aviation standards, a fairly hot airplane."

Mr. Lee was also chief engineer for the Ford tri-motor airplane, one of the first transport aircraft in the United States, and he was project engineer for the first low-wing planes used by the Navy.

For three days last month, Mr. Atta rented a single-engine, low-wing plane for $88 an hour from the school, saying he wanted to increase his flying hours even though the school's operators noted that he was a certified commercial pilot who had 300 hours of flying time.