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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:02:10 -0500, "Jimmy Galvin"
wrote: You can not possibly believe that there was "exploratory spirit" involved here. He was not blazing new frontiers. As it would have been a record setting flight, yes he would have been setting new frontiers. The man has flown around the world twice now, if for nothing more than self satisfaction, then so be it. It was simply a publicity stunt that People climb Mt Everest just for the accomplishment. There is nothing wrong with that. was only meant as a means of self promotion. Not one person on this planet would have benefited other than himself had he pulled it off. He screwed up by not being prepared and it is up to him to bail himself out. Many, many times people end up in similar situations here in the states, but some one comes to the rescue. No, they aren't record setting flights, but high winds have forced landings at airports where services were not to be found. Suddenly finding your self in "unforecast" bad weather and having to land at an airport with nothing more than a telephone and no heat in the very small terminal building that is no more than a shed leaves a pilot feeling overwhelmed. Been there and done that. Called FSS who still thought the weather was as forecast. Landing on an icy runway at an unattended airport far from home only to have the nose wheel break... Happened to one of our members... Fortunately their cell phone worked and they had a directory of members in that area. They were stuck for a couple of days. One of the guys out there took the nose wheel off his LongEZ so they could get out. No one was obligated, but offering a part of your own airplane goes a bit beyond offering gas. Fortunately most pilots and most people have more compassion than the NSF although there are a few narrow minded ones who can't understand how any one could get into trouble paying attention. It doesn't matter how well you plan, **** happens. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?) www.rogerhalstead.com Return address modified due to dumb virus checkers "Roger Halstead" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 02:26:37 +0000, (Robert Bonomi) wrote: In article , ET wrote: "Jimmy Galvin" wrote in : You can offer all apologies all you want but only for yourself. Don't talk for me. I feel that he took a chance for glory, self promotion, stupidity, or whatever and ended up with his tit caught in the wringer. It is not up to me and my tax dollars to bail his sorry ass out of the jamb he inflected on himself. This goes for all those fools that climb mountains, trek through caves, or go exploring in the woods relying on a GPS with 1/2 dead batteries to guide them along. They should all just be left to their own devices and hopefully receive a Darwin Award for their efforts. Yup, what ever happened to compassion and the exploratory spirit.? |
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