Anthony, question about IFR / IMC

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:15:57 -0700 (PDT), Ricky wrote:

Was John Kennedy instrument rated?
Anyone, seriously.

Na. John John had a few hours towards an IR... clearly not enough
however.

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Dallas

On Aug 14, 1:53*am, Dallas wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:15:57 -0700 (PDT), Ricky wrote:
Was John Kennedy instrument rated?
Anyone, seriously.

Na. * John John had a few hours towards an IR... *clearly not enough
however.

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Dallas

Dallas, JFK Jr had lots of logged time toward his IFR rating -- see
the NTSB report or the book "The Day John Died". It's simply that he
had trouble passing the staged exams that his CFII used to demonstrate
proficiency. I seem to remember in excess of 300 hours dual.

He was also a known risk taker: his nickname among his friends was
something like Master of Disaster. Some of his family members refused
to fly with him. See the book mentioned above for the details. He was,
at the time of his death, still recovering from a broken ankle that
was a result of an ultra light crash on the Vineyard.

In short, if you were going to select characteristics of a pilot who
would have a greater than normal chance of crashing, JFK Jr would have
fit the profile pretty well.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:52:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I seem to remember in excess of 300 hours dual.

Wow, that's just hard to believe.

[shaking his head]

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Dallas

On Aug 14, 1:45 pm, Dallas wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:52:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
I seem to remember in excess of 300 hours dual.

Wow, that's just hard to believe.

[shaking his head]

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Dallas

My BIG error. He had 310 hours total time. See

http://amelia.db.erau.edu/reports/misc/NYC99MA178a.pdf

which states he was about half way through his instrument training.
Elsewhere, I forgot where, I remember reading he had lots of CFII
time. He did have about 35 trips to the vineyard.

On Aug 14, 6:54*pm, wrote:
On Aug 14, 1:45 pm, Dallas wrote:

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:52:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
*I seem to remember in excess of 300 hours dual.

Wow, that's just hard to believe.

[shaking his head]

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Dallas

My BIG error. He had 310 hours total time. See

http://amelia.db.erau.edu/reports/misc/NYC99MA178a.pdf

which states he was about half way through his instrument training.
Elsewhere, I forgot where, I remember reading he had lots of CFII
time. He did have about 35 trips to the vineyard.

Final note -- the NTSB report seems to be hard to download. I probably
have a copy in my files -- for purposes unrelated to this thread I did
some research on the matter a couple of years ago -- so if you need it
drop me a note.