Aviation Fatalities: "he died doing something he loved..."

Roy Smith wrote:
"Brad" wrote:

Quite frankly, I don't want my legacy to be that I was foolish enough to
fly with empty tanks, into a level 5, etc.


The way I like to think about it is this. Whenever contemplating doing
something that you're not sure about, ask yourself how the NTSB report will
read.
That's my rule.

Margy

RST Engineering wrote:
I personally plan on going at 98, shot by a jealous husband.

Jim


Be Careful out there Jim, you do have a wife. She just might shoot your
companion and make you pay for it for the rest of your life!

"Blanche Cohen" wrote in message
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personally, I fully intend on dying of very old age, in my sleep,
and NOT in any airplane or any other vehicle.

Skylune wrote:
Yeager implied he was a hot dog who would always push it and that his death
by small plane wasn't surprising.

Yes, and Avflash pointed out that Crossfield didn't say anything when
Yeager ran off the runway a few years back. Maybe Yeager should learn a
few things about manners. Scott died after he asked for a course change
to avoid weather. I would guess that things were worse than he expected
and when he tried to get out of it he ran out of time and options all at
once. May he rest in peace.

Margy

"Margy Natalie" wrote in message
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Skylune wrote:
Yeager implied he was a hot dog who would always push it and that his
death
by small plane wasn't surprising.
Yes, and Avflash pointed out that Crossfield didn't say anything when
Yeager ran off the runway a few years back. Maybe Yeager should learn a
few things about manners. Scott died after he asked for a course change
to avoid weather. I would guess that things were worse than he expected
and when he tried to get out of it he ran out of time and options all at
once. May he rest in peace.

Margy

This is true, and most likely a very good guess. I'm also still interested
in seeing the post mortem report.
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote

Personally, I wish he'd learn to keep his trap shut and just finish the
good ride life has given him.

This (latest) incident has only served to reinforce what I think about him.
I would not go across the street to hear him speak, and did not, while he
was speaking at OSH.

Respect has to be earned, every day we are on this spaceship we call Earth.
Yeager had respect at one time, but in my eyes, he has failed to keep it.

Here we have two men, at one time, perhaps two of the finest pilots in the
program.

Fast forward to present time. Crossfield has had many people (in this group
even) saying what a good and genuine person he always seemed to be.

Then there is Yeger. Which one of them would you rather be compared to?

That says it all, IMHO.
--
Jim in NC

Yeah, it's a damn shame when someone has it made like Yeager did, then
screws it all up by spoiling the "image". Yeager unfortunately is one of
these people.
Crossfield on the other hand just went out and did the job, took his licks,
and went on to live a very productive, quiet, and useful life.
I sincerely hope the accident investigation brings out further information
that helps clear the air about his judgment on the accident flight. The man
deserves a fair shot until the evidence proves otherwise. Yeager should have
known that and kept his mouth shut. What he said was about the cheapest shot
a dead pilot can get from a fellow pilot.
Dudley

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote

Personally, I wish he'd learn to keep his trap shut and just finish the
good ride life has given him.

This (latest) incident has only served to reinforce what I think about
him. I would not go across the street to hear him speak, and did not,
while he was speaking at OSH.

Respect has to be earned, every day we are on this spaceship we call
Earth. Yeager had respect at one time, but in my eyes, he has failed to
keep it.

Here we have two men, at one time, perhaps two of the finest pilots in the
program.

Fast forward to present time. Crossfield has had many people (in this
group even) saying what a good and genuine person he always seemed to be.

Then there is Yeger. Which one of them would you rather be compared to?

That says it all, IMHO.
--
Jim in NC

"Dudley Henriques" wrote

If for no other reason, Yeager should have passed on ANY public comment
suggesting a DIRECT cause for the crash based on nothing more than the
fact that the investigation is on-going.

Yep, and saying that his remarks were honest, or that they are accurate and
correct, may be out of line, also. Reports say that he was already
diverting around the weather, and he took an unlucky lightning hit.

Any talk of what he should have done, or what happened is pure speculation.
We were not there to see the conditions, or how quickly they closed in on
him. Speculation surely won't bring him back.

At the risk of using another cliché, sometimes, your number is up.
--
Jim in NC

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
.. .
I personally plan on going at 98, shot by a jealous husband.

Hey! That was my line... Well, except there was a clause at the end, "of a
25 year old wife"... dirty-old-man-grin

--
N581 -- AA5A -- AXH
http://www.narcosis-republic.us

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
oups.com...
Not thinking at all how the partner would feel
if the other one died on them while doing the nasty. :-))

"Gee baby, you're not quite getting into it that well this morning... You
seem kinda *cold* also..."

--
N581 -- AA5A -- AXH
http://www.narcosis-republic.us

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote

If for no other reason, Yeager should have passed on ANY public comment
suggesting a DIRECT cause for the crash based on nothing more than the
fact that the investigation is on-going.

Yep, and saying that his remarks were honest, or that they are accurate
and correct, may be out of line, also. Reports say that he was already
diverting around the weather, and he took an unlucky lightning hit.

Any talk of what he should have done, or what happened is pure
speculation. We were not there to see the conditions, or how quickly they
closed in on him. Speculation surely won't bring him back.

At the risk of using another cliché, sometimes, your number is up.
--
Jim in NC

I received word today about his call for a weather diversion. Puts a bright
spotlight on Yeager's remarks.
I know one thing. Yeager's ability to get a free round from the guys at the
local O Club just went down a few pegs from the feedback I've been getting
in my inbox all day.
Dudley