1 Fatal ...r.a.h or r.a.p?

I sometimes cut-n-paste crash victim's names into Google.groups.rec.aviation
to see if that person has ever posted here. Too ghoulish?

One person's name, about 6 years ago, came up. IIRC, his family was in the
plane.

With the spate of recent crashes it got me wondering, again: People here at
rec.aviation know some of these victims - but have WE lost any of our (r.a.h
& r.a.p) posters in crashes, in the last 8-10 years?


Montblack
I've been around since 1998 - starting in r.a.s.

I don't recall any loss of a member since I started here in 2000. We're a
pretty small group here. There's an even smaller group that posts on a
regular basis. That being said, I believe that this "community" is made up
of pilots that take a very active role in flying safety and therefore
probably safer than most.

Marco (knock on wood) Leon



"Montblack" wrote in message
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I sometimes cut-n-paste crash victim's names into
Google.groups.rec.aviation
to see if that person has ever posted here. Too ghoulish?

One person's name, about 6 years ago, came up. IIRC, his family was in the
plane.

With the spate of recent crashes it got me wondering, again: People here
at
rec.aviation know some of these victims - but have WE lost any of our
(r.a.h
& r.a.p) posters in crashes, in the last 8-10 years?


Montblack
I've been around since 1998 - starting in r.a.s.




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Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/...WS01/602010321

"Peter Freeman" wrote:

Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.

I've also known three in only nine years of flying.

In my whole life, I 've only directly known two people who've died in traffic
accidents.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.

I've also known three in only nine years of flying.
In my whole life, I 've only directly known two people who've died in traffic
accidents.

Wow! I have been flying for 25 years. I lose 1-2 on average each year.
Four was the most one year.

john smith wrote:
Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.


I've also known three in only nine years of flying.
In my whole life, I 've only directly known two people who've died in traffic
accidents.


Wow! I have been flying for 25 years. I lose 1-2 on average each year.
Four was the most one year.

Wow, I've only been flying for five years, but I don't know anyone
personally who has died, and only one plane I've flown has been involved
in a fatal crash.

Wow! I have been flying for 25 years. I lose 1-2 on average each year.
Four was the most one year.

Wow, I've only been flying for five years, but I don't know anyone
personally who has died, and only one plane I've flown has been involved
in a fatal crash.

I've been flying for 11 years, and I don't know anyone personally who has
died, either.

An old clapped out Cherokee 140 we used to rent was demolished by a student
pilot in a fatal crash, but that's the only accident of any consequence that
I can claim a "connection" to -- and that's a pretty distant connection.

If I had lost 22 friends to accidents in those 11 years, I would not be
flying.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 2006-02-02, Rachel wrote:
Wow, I've only been flying for five years, but I don't know anyone
personally who has died, and only one plane I've flown has been involved
in a fatal crash.

I've been flying since 1997 and have over 1000 hours, but I don't know
anyone who's died in a plane crash, nor (to my knowledge) have any of
the planes I've flown been crashed badly enough to be totaled (and
before you ask, the ones that have been bent weren't bent by me!)

--
Dylan Smith, Port St Mary, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Oolite-Linux: an Elite tribute: http://oolite-linux.berlios.de
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net

On 2/2/06 2:43 PM, in article , "Dan Luke"
wrote:


"Peter Freeman" wrote:

Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.

I've also known three in only nine years of flying.

In my whole life, I 've only directly known two people who've died in traffic
accidents.

In 6 years I've known only one. One of my primary instructors was killed on
an intro flight. I don't believe the cause was ever found.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino

Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
http://www.wizardofdraws.com

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"Peter Freeman" wrote in message
oups.com...
It really drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The
risk
is nothing to take lightly.


Not to be taken lightly for sure but "extremely dangerous?" No.

You sound like the uninformed public when you describe it that way.

Marco



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