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Betcha can't top this one:

http://www.kpho.com/Global/story.asp?S=4022990&nav=23Ku

How does one have an "expired" pilots license?


I'm always highly suspicious of articles like this one. You note they threw the
word "stalled" out there, but then they used it in reference to the engine. So
which was it? Did the engine quit or did the aircraft stall?

I'd expect the "expired license" referred to is actually his medical. No doubt
that was the cause of this accident.

When the NTSB says it is against the law to remove anything from a plane crash,
I doubt that includes bodies. Of course, I don't really understand why the
family didn't leave the pilot's body where it lay... unless it was in danger of
burning. A little odd...

I really wish they'd run the text of articles like this past their helicopter
pilot to see if it makes sense, aviation-wise, *before* they air it. It's
obvious they're clueless about flying.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

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