On Aug 14, 1:53*am, Dallas wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:15:57 -0700 (PDT), Ricky wrote:
Was John Kennedy instrument rated?
Anyone, seriously.

Na. * John John had a few hours towards an IR... *clearly not enough
however.

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Dallas

Dallas, JFK Jr had lots of logged time toward his IFR rating -- see
the NTSB report or the book "The Day John Died". It's simply that he
had trouble passing the staged exams that his CFII used to demonstrate
proficiency. I seem to remember in excess of 300 hours dual.

He was also a known risk taker: his nickname among his friends was
something like Master of Disaster. Some of his family members refused
to fly with him. See the book mentioned above for the details. He was,
at the time of his death, still recovering from a broken ankle that
was a result of an ultra light crash on the Vineyard.

In short, if you were going to select characteristics of a pilot who
would have a greater than normal chance of crashing, JFK Jr would have
fit the profile pretty well.