Night solo XC?

Too bad JFK, Jr hadn't heard that. On hazy, moonless nights
instrument rating skills are useful.

Roger that - and I use mine every time I fly at night.
If what I heard is true though, JFK was clocked descending at 5000 fpm.
It would have taken more than instrument skills to recover that - sounds
as though he lost his empennage to me.
And it was at very least the third time that he had been discovered
flying IMC without the required training.
It's a tough lesson - learning that you are not invincible.
Or - was his aircraft sabotaged?
Both explanations are highly probable . . .
Which is it . . .
the plot thickens . . .

And who is next . . .???

Tony
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Tony Roberts
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