"gatt" wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
Taking off with your wife and daughter would have to be pretty high on
the list:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080731X01135

I kind of wonder if he was even working on his private ticket, or just
flying outside of regs as usual.

My guess is he probably was just getting around to it and had full
intentions of doing so, but it appears as if he was 2 years or so out of
date on everything.