Could have been anything, though....a sudden problem with the copter, etc...I used to fly a LOT on the company small plane and trusted the crew completely, knew them well, but you never know! :-( Sorry it was a guy who gives big bucks to Trump. Handsome man, too! Sad.
Don't forget Senators John Hines, John Tower and Paul Wellstone.
And then there was Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly over the Atlantic, but she disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe. Her remains and those of her navigator Fred Noonan have never been found.
Bunk, I knew a couple guys that had pilots licenses for small planes while a young guy. The planes have to have various things serviced, or rebuilt on a very strict number of hours schedule. Each pane has a log sheet, and when buying a used plane that can be used to evaluate the condition of the place - for one thing.
I just don't know, or have a lot of confidence anyway that someone is making sure these things get done, or that they're done properly. The guy that graduated at the bottom of the aircraft mechanic school is still called mechanic..
Me either, and I won't fly commercial anymore since 911, because I'll be God-damned to HELL before I'd let strangers poke around my genitals or force me to take my shoes off in public, etc.
Besides, everyone LOOKS so UNATTRACTIVE, and is so fuckin' RUDE today virtually ALL the pleasure has gone out of travel.
I once thought I'd love to take leisurely tours of all the European countries after I retired. NO MORE!
I should have taken the time to do it years ago when it could still have been enjoyable. Now I'm legally BLIND, bothered by DIABETIC NEUROPATHY and ARTHRITIS, and happy to live out the remainder of my days as an Old Stick-in-the-Mud.
Franco, I had a vision very soon (days) after 9/11 and the way travel is now is exactly how I envisioned it. Which in 25 words or less is a process which has been infested by the government down to the lowest level ( fucking with people in airports) by the federal US government who have fucked it up beyond recognition just like they do with everything they touch.
At the same time I also recognized that the moslem vermin would never attempt this again because the 'let them have the plane' Rule of Engagement has now been eliminated. All they need to do is friendly scans of carry on and major scans of luggage to be loaded into cargo.
I was in UK in 1990 and flying through Heathrow. They had 'terrorism' to deal with and they dealt with it without fucking with the passengers.
The TSA might be valid if they were competent but tests prove they miss grenades and all kinds of shit that testers carry on. They're a total waste of time and money. I think this was just a GW Bush employment program.
Could have been anything, though....a sudden problem with the copter, etc...I used to fly a LOT on the company small plane and trusted the crew completely, knew them well, but you never know! :-(
ReplyDeleteSorry it was a guy who gives big bucks to Trump. Handsome man, too! Sad.
Z, I can't add anything to that..
DeleteZ, I have to mention the fact to so many human garbage pieces of shit still walk the Earth..... What's up widdat ? Seriously.
DeleteThe WICKED flourish like the green bay tree, and only the GOOD die young –– or so the sayings go.
DeleteFranco, well there is plenty of human garbage still taking breaths
DeleteI hate to here of anyone go like that.
ReplyDeleteEd, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughn. Probably other greats killed in small aircraft crashes. Screw that.
DeleteEd, Payne Stewart Killed in small plane crash flying home from winning the US Open 42 yrs old. Geeezix.
DeleteOtis Redding, Carole Lombard, Audie Murphy, Patsy Cline, Roberto Clemente, Rocky Marciano ... it's a long list
DeleteIt is a long list Duck, one that I take a que from. Thanks for the imput.
DeleteDon't forget Senators John Hines, John Tower and Paul Wellstone.
DeleteAnd then there was Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly over the Atlantic, but she disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe. Her remains and those of her navigator Fred Noonan have never been found.
Small planes and choppers not for me...... coal guy... sad. You just don't know how the maintenance is being taken care of.
ReplyDeleteBunk, I knew a couple guys that had pilots licenses for small planes while a young guy. The planes have to have various things serviced, or rebuilt on a very strict number of hours schedule. Each pane has a log sheet, and when buying a used plane that can be used to evaluate the condition of the place - for one thing.
DeleteI just don't know, or have a lot of confidence anyway that someone is making sure these things get done, or that they're done properly. The guy that graduated at the bottom of the aircraft mechanic school is still called mechanic..
Me either, and I won't fly commercial anymore since 911, because I'll be God-damned to HELL before I'd let strangers poke around my genitals or force me to take my shoes off in public, etc.
DeleteBesides, everyone LOOKS so UNATTRACTIVE, and is so fuckin' RUDE today virtually ALL the pleasure has gone out of travel.
I once thought I'd love to take leisurely tours of all the European countries after I retired. NO MORE!
I should have taken the time to do it years ago when it could still have been enjoyable. Now I'm legally BLIND, bothered by DIABETIC NEUROPATHY and ARTHRITIS, and happy to live out the remainder of my days as an Old Stick-in-the-Mud.
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Franco, I had a vision very soon (days) after 9/11 and the way travel is now is exactly how I envisioned it. Which in 25 words or less is a process which has been infested by the government down to the lowest level ( fucking with people in airports) by the federal US government who have fucked it up beyond recognition just like they do with everything they touch.
DeleteAt the same time I also recognized that the moslem vermin would never attempt this again because the 'let them have the plane' Rule of Engagement has now been eliminated. All they need to do is friendly scans of carry on and major scans of luggage to be loaded into cargo.
I was in UK in 1990 and flying through Heathrow. They had 'terrorism' to deal with and they dealt with it without fucking with the passengers.
The TSA might be valid if they were competent but tests prove they miss grenades and all kinds of shit that testers carry on. They're a total waste of time and money. I think this was just a GW Bush employment program.