Rip!!! Mr. Wiley

[NW_Pilot]

RIP, Mr. Wiley your stories at the airport, your friendly character and
advice will be missed!!!! Seeing his plane every now and then floating in
the lake on approach to Pearson field will also be missed.

Mr. Wiley will be missed! by all of us locals that had the pleasure to know
him.

http://wileyseaplanes.com


OREGON CITY, Ore. - A small plane crashed near Willamette Falls in the area
of Oregon City just before noon Saturday, killing the two men on board.
The aircraft was a 1941 Taylorcraft floatplane with the tail number N13060.
The two-passenger, single-engine plane apparently broke-up in mid-air and
crashed into the Willamette River about 200 yards above the falls.

Clackamas County officials have released the name of one of the men who was
killed, 80-year-old David Howard Wiley of Lake Oswego. The other man's name
is being withheld pending notification of family.

Authorities say the plane was taking off from the river toward the falls
when it rose to about 75 feet, wobbled, and then began a steep turn to the
left. The left wing of the plane separated, and the aircraft plunged into
the river on the West Linn side. It stopped against the bank.
The remains of the men may not be removed until federal investigators
complete their preliminary examination of the wreckage and the aircraft is
moved. Recovery operations are expected to begin late Saturday.

Rescuers responded from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, Clackamas County
Sheriff, Clackamas County Fire District One, Lake Oswego Fire & Rescue and
West Linn Police. Baseline Industrial, a construction company working on the
nearby Willamette Falls Dam, provided work boats.
Also on the scene were investigators from the Federal Aviation
Administration and National Transportation Safety Board.

[Gattman[_2_]]

"NW_Pilot" > wrote in message

> RIP, Mr. Wiley your stories at the airport, your friendly character and
> advice will be missed!!!! Seeing his plane every now and then floating in
> the lake on approach to Pearson field will also be missed.
>
> Mr. Wiley will be missed! by all of us locals that had the pleasure to
> know him.

I didn't know him that well, but he was the examiner in my instrument
checkride and so I have his signature in my logbook.

Before the test I heard him at the FBO chewing on a private pilot applicant
he'd just tested. Apparently it didn't go so well.
I kept quiet and made mental notes and was amazed to hear that the kid had
passed the checkride; Wiley was just giving him advice.
He was a perfectionist. He gave me my checkride from the backseat since he
wasn't IFR-current (and I took the test in IMC) and even took some time to
chew on the safety pilot/CFII for not getting me into unusual-enough
attitudes.

I would love to have heard his stories.

-c

[NW_Pilot]

"Gattman" > wrote in message
...
> "NW_Pilot" > wrote in message
>
>> RIP, Mr. Wiley your stories at the airport, your friendly character and
>> advice will be missed!!!! Seeing his plane every now and then floating in
>> the lake on approach to Pearson field will also be missed.
>>
>> Mr. Wiley will be missed! by all of us locals that had the pleasure to
>> know him.
>
> I didn't know him that well, but he was the examiner in my instrument
> checkride and so I have his signature in my logbook.
>
> Before the test I heard him at the FBO chewing on a private pilot
> applicant he'd just tested. Apparently it didn't go so well.
> I kept quiet and made mental notes and was amazed to hear that the kid had
> passed the checkride; Wiley was just giving him advice.
> He was a perfectionist. He gave me my checkride from the backseat since
> he wasn't IFR-current (and I took the test in IMC) and even took some time
> to chew on the safety pilot/CFII for not getting me into unusual-enough
> attitudes.
>
> I would love to have heard his stories.
>
> -c
>

All you would have had to do is be an airport bum at pearson and evergreen
and you would have herd a lot. Speaking of evergreen you read the artical
that the buyers backed out fo the sale!

[Gattman[_2_]]

"NW_Pilot" > wrote in message
...

> All you would have had to do is be an airport bum at pearson and evergreen
> and you would have herd a lot. Speaking of evergreen you read the artical
> that the buyers backed out fo the sale!

Yeah. They shut down the airstrip in a hellfire hurry to develop, and now
they can't find anybody to develop it.

Freakin' brilliant. The buyers ought to be fined.

Did you go flying the other day? I drove by the field on the way home and
saw an aluminum and red AT-6 racing around the pattern a little while after
I talked to you.

By the way I read one of the interviews with Wiley where he asks "What's the
first and second most important things about flying IFR."
That recalled the beginning of a very long day; it was the first question he
asked me for the Instrument oral, before we went up to do the checkride in
IMC. (I got put into a 20 minute holding pattern at Glara, I think it was,
in IMC. When we got back, he pulled out his handheld GPS and said "Let's
take a look at your hold." We looked at the display and I said, "Well, I'm
not sure how a kitten got in your GPS, but he sure made a mess of my flight
track...")

-c

[john smith[_2_]]

In article >,
"Gattman" > wrote:

> By the way I read one of the interviews with Wiley where he asks "What's the
> first and second most important things about flying IFR?"

1. Aviate?
2. Navigate?

[Gattman[_2_]]

"john smith" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Gattman" > wrote:
>
>> By the way I read one of the interviews with Wiley where he asks "What's
>> the
>> first and second most important things about flying IFR?"
>
> 1. Aviate?
> 2. Navigate?

I like that answer! His answer was "The next two things."

-c