Ferry Pilot Down

RL Anderson wrote in
:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:mI6sj.29479$9j6.4199@attbi_s22:

Just got off the phone with NWPilot, calling me from a wake (at
Hooters) for a fellow ferry pilot who went down today in the North
Atlantic, 50 miles short of Keflavik, Iceland.




New low for you there Jay.


Bertie



Hi Bertie,

I have watched your posts for quite a few years. WTF gives you the
balls to bitch out Jay for posting that NWPilot mentioned to him, on a
phone call, that one of his "compadres" went down on a ferry flight
over the North Atlantic? NWPilot, and a very small group of pilots,
perform a very vital service to the aviation community. I am not a
pilot myself. I am a retired US Air Force enlisted communications
puke who had job responsibilities that took me into the worlds of the
"bus driver" and the "fighter jock". However, I do know a whole
****load of civilian pilots, of various qualification levels as well.
In fact, I have a close family member who is a "four striper" on a
major US airline. Because of this, I have a pretty good outlook on
the military and civilian pilot communities. However, in the case of
NWPilot and his "compadres", it takes a very special group of pilots
to ferry "small" aircraft over the two big "ponds" off the east and
west coasts of the North American continent. The North Atlantic, like
the North Pacific, can be fatal to anyone who "screws the pooch". It
appears, that in this case, a mechanical failure may have occurred and
the airplane went down, taking the pilot with it. However, none of us
in this NG knows the exact details of this accident and probably will
never know.

You may be a sim pilot, or a "pattern pilot" or a non-pilot who may
have an interest in aviation. Before you start bitching out guys like
Jay, pull your head out of your ass and understand how airplanes, and
aviation, work. For the record, I have not been anywhere in the State
of Iowa since May 1988. I have never been to Iowa City and have not
stayed at Jay's establishment. He, and Mary, bust their asses off to
run a great little business. It is great that they are both airplane
owners and pilots. As I watch your posts, your stupidity is hilarious
at the minimum, and criminal at the maximum.


Happy to have entertained you then.


If you are a pilot, you
exhibit a stupidity only exhibited by various US politicians. In
this particular case, Jay was passing on what he was told on a phone
call to the people who frequent this NG. Before you decide to bitch
Jay (or anyone else for that matter) out do your ****ing homework!!!
I have been lurking, and posting, in NGs since the mid 90s. You, and
MX, are just as bad, if not worse, than the "MI-5 Guy". Do yourself a
favor and get your **** together. You, and MX, will become more
credible as a result.


Fantastic. You go right on ahead and fly like he tells you!




Bertie