On Sep 25, 11:30*am, Steve Hix wrote:
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*Ben wrote:
On Sep 25, 7:05*am, Stealth Pilot wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:10:23 -0700 (PDT), Ben
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On Sep 24, 7:19*pm, "Peter Dohm" wrote:
"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message

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BTW, all of this makes it seem almost appropriate to ask: *does anyone
here
know how Mrs Phillips got her nickname?

Peter
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Boom Boom was the sound the plane made as it hit the ground in a
uncontrolled manner.... Bubbles and Trixie just don't roll of the
tongue right..

you're an idiot ben.
Bill posted the story behind the nickname here many years ago.
it has something to do with the timing of a thunderstorm :-)

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Just some light hearted fun...... Ease back on the serious button
sir...

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Back a few years ago BWB and a few of his cheering section had a field
day at my expense and most thought his verbal attack was cute..... To
hear some people talk about his flying ability you would think he was
the best pilot ever. So......
Lets gather the facts.

1- He was flying an experimental that was built by a hired gun...
What, was he not smart enough to build his own?
2- Gave false info on his last medical. = illegal.
3- Took off with a gusting 20 kt tailwind. = dumb
4- took off under the influence of several painkillers. = illegal
5- failed to pilot his plane to a successful landing. = dumb
6- Seriously injured a passenger in the plane he was Pilot in Command
of. = fact

Now. unless they found his wife bound and gagged in the wreckage
common sense says she had to have known he was on drugs and got into
the plane with him anyway ... On her own. This whole NTSB report reads
like a comic book of things , NOT TO DO. It is so crazy it is
funny..... Hence the " light hearted " comment. YMMV.