Update on Denver plane crash...

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...04/detail.html

1)Looks like somebody either told them of the stall (whether it was my
email or not) and they corrected the article. Sounds like they
misquoted the flight sim tech as I had thought.

2)What an unfortunate and strange crash. The ink must've still been
wet on that guys PPL, and he's flying around in a complex, high power
Bonanza w/ his student pilot daughter at the controls? Why do people
do this?? What a waste of life and airplane.

I thought a new pilot had a very very difficult time getting insured in such
a plane.


"Sam" wrote in message
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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...04/detail.html

1)Looks like somebody either told them of the stall (whether it was my
email or not) and they corrected the article. Sounds like they
misquoted the flight sim tech as I had thought.

2)What an unfortunate and strange crash. The ink must've still been
wet on that guys PPL, and he's flying around in a complex, high power
Bonanza w/ his student pilot daughter at the controls? Why do people
do this?? What a waste of life and airplane.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:57:20 GMT, "Peter Gottlieb"
wrote:

I thought a new pilot had a very very difficult time getting insured in such
a plane.

Yes but there's no legal requirement to be insured.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)

"Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:57:20 GMT, "Peter Gottlieb"
wrote:

I thought a new pilot had a very very difficult time getting insured in
such
a plane.

Yes but there's no legal requirement to be insured.


No...only the cash to pay the premiums.

In article , Tom Sixkiller wrote:
Yes but there's no legal requirement to be insured.

No...only the cash to pay the premiums.

Or not pay any premiums at all. I know of at least two aircraft that are
flown uninsured, however, this is because they are slow and have very
low hull values so insurance is almost certainly a dead loss for the
owners.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

One of my buddies carries no insurance at all. He owns/flies a Cub, two
182's, two Agwagons, a Baron, a Beech 18, a Cessna 414 and two helicopters,
a Hiller and a Jet Ranger. The helicopters and the Agwagons are used in his
business, although since he is sitting on a pile of money it doesn't matter
if he ever sprays again.



"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
...
In article , Tom Sixkiller wrote:
Yes but there's no legal requirement to be insured.

No...only the cash to pay the premiums.

Or not pay any premiums at all. I know of at least two aircraft that are
flown uninsured, however, this is because they are slow and have very
low hull values so insurance is almost certainly a dead loss for the
owners.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
.. .
I thought a new pilot had a very very difficult time getting insured in
such
a plane.


Not necessarily difficult, but _expensive_. Evidently the father could
afford a brand new A36 AND the insurance to go with it.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:59:12 -0700, "Tom Sixkiller"
wrote:

Not necessarily difficult, but _expensive_. Evidently the father could
afford a brand new A36 AND the insurance to go with it.

What makes you think the a/c was insured?


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)

"Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:59:12 -0700, "Tom Sixkiller"
wrote:

Not necessarily difficult, but _expensive_. Evidently the father could
afford a brand new A36 AND the insurance to go with it.

What makes you think the a/c was insured?



Not 100% sure...which is why I said _evidently_. If he could go out and pop
for a brand new A36 (it had something like 95 hours on it and the report
said something about it being "brand new" (IIRC) I somehow suspect money was
not an factor for him. They guy is, what, 65 years old? And just got his
license? I suspect he's got a lot of money for toys.

Just like some people that are paying $5000 or more for car insurance, I'm
guesstimating that he could afford a steep premium. Someone asked who would
insure him, but I rather suspect that some insurance company, even major
ones, would cover him, but they'd want a lot of green!!

But not the mod to change the throw-over yoke to a double-yoke...


"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in news:Ql8yc.412$p01.54131
@news.uswest.net:


"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
.. .
I thought a new pilot had a very very difficult time getting insured in
such a plane.


Not necessarily difficult, but _expensive_. Evidently the father could
afford a brand new A36 AND the insurance to go with it.