Homebuilding Killed John Walton

I just read in the newspaper that John Walton, the billionaire son of
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, was killed in a homebuilt airplane? That
got me thinking to look for a NG that might be dedicated to this
activity, and I found this one.

This is all new to me, quite honestly, and disturbing. People are
building airplanes at home and then flying them? This is endangering
people on the ground and in the air flying in real airplanes.

I guess the good thing from Mr. Walton's death is that the public at
large knows about this practice, and maybe can do something about it
to make our skyways a safer place.

Please don't feed the troll...


"Carl" wrote in message
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I just read in the newspaper that John Walton, the billionaire son of
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, was killed in a homebuilt airplane? That
got me thinking to look for a NG that might be dedicated to this
activity, and I found this one.

This is all new to me, quite honestly, and disturbing. People are
building airplanes at home and then flying them? This is endangering
people on the ground and in the air flying in real airplanes.

I guess the good thing from Mr. Walton's death is that the public at
large knows about this practice, and maybe can do something about it
to make our skyways a safer place.

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:27:46 GMT, "Lakeview Bill"
wrote:

Please don't feed the troll...

Gotta be a troll, his e-mail address did not work.

Corky Scott

Carl wrote:

I just read in the newspaper that John Walton, the billionaire son of
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, was killed in a homebuilt airplane? That
got me thinking to look for a NG that might be dedicated to this
activity, and I found this one.

This is all new to me, quite honestly, and disturbing. People are
building airplanes at home and then flying them? This is endangering
people on the ground and in the air flying in real airplanes.

I guess the good thing from Mr. Walton's death is that the public at
large knows about this practice, and maybe can do something about it
to make our skyways a safer place.

An awfully shallow trolll, methinks. You should have added something
about the potential for flying ultralights into skyscrapers.

Mark "anything worth doing..." Hickey

Or flying factory-built Cessnas into the White House or Pentagon -
they'd do almost as much damage as a Cooper Mini.

From the news that's been on so far it's been described as a 500 lb pusher.
Titan tornado? Thundergull? Pat

patrick mitchel wrote:

From the news that's been on so far it's been described as a 500 lb pusher.
Titan tornado? Thundergull? Pat



If you mean the Walton plane,

a CGS Hawk
--
Mark Smith
Tri-State Kite Sales
1121 N Locust St
Mt Vernon, IN 47620
1-812-838-6351
http://www.trikite.com

Mark Smith wrote:
patrick mitchel wrote:

From the news that's been on so far it's been described as a 500 lb pusher.
Titan tornado? Thundergull? Pat

If you mean the Walton plane,

a CGS Hawk

Oh lord, I can see an endless Zoom campaign coming....

Dip**** troll issue aside; I really am curious as to what the ultralight
was that JW was flying. Not to suggest that whatever it is isn't as safe (or
not) as any of them, but curiosity dictates that it would be interesting to
know.
The wreckage doesn't seem to offer any clues other than that I don't see
much of an enclosed cockpit (unless all the enclosure has separated and been
thrown a distance).
Oh by the way, Carl Troll, be sure to write your congressman and point
out that ultralights like these can be used by TERRORISTS!!! too. Oh my.

MJC

"CB" wrote in message
oups.com...
Or flying factory-built Cessnas into the White House or Pentagon -
they'd do almost as much damage as a Cooper Mini.

In article , MJC says...

Dip**** troll issue aside; I really am curious as to what the ultralight
was that JW was flying. Not to suggest that whatever it is isn't as safe (or
not) as any of them, but curiosity dictates that it would be interesting to
know.

Just for the record and to stop speculation it was a CGS Hawk Arrow II. When I
sold the kit to John I had no idea who he was .Our dealer in W.VA helped him
build it and it was my impression he was going to N number it. He flew it home
to Jackson Hole WY from W Va about a month and a half ago. When I last talked to
him he was happy as a clam .It was set up for mountain flying ,it had tundra
tires, heavy duty tail wheel and big engine.He also had a set of floats for it.
He had a bad landing a few weeks ago and we sent him parts to repair the damage.
I don't know if this was the first flight after the repairs or not

None of us knew who he was, he acted like any number of guys I've met who
enjoyed to fly and talk airplanes. He said he was a corporate pilot and flew in
one time with a Citation to check in on his plane. That's all we know now and
anything else is a guess. I'm in contact with the NTSB and will offer any help
requested of me.

All we can do at this time is to pray for him and his family .The guy I knew
wasn't a rich and famous guy he was one of us. Rest in peace

Chuck Slusarczyk