A license is not required to fly or own an airplane. It is
required to legally fly an airplane. Training is required
to get the license.
How much dope was in the airplane?



"Kingfish" wrote in message
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| Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
| PILOT CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AFTER FATAL CRASH
|
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#194044)
| A 30-year-old man who was flying a 1972 Bellanca Super
Viking when it
| crashed into a pond in northeastern Oklahoma on Saturday
night,
| killing all three passengers, has been charged with
three counts of
| manslaughter. Thomas Brent Caldwell, 30, of Pryor,
Okla., apparently
| never had a pilot certificate and was drinking at the
time of the
| accident, authorities said. Killed in the crash were
Mariano Carlos,
| 15, of Pryor; and Eduardo Robles, 20, and Campos
Gonzalez, 33, both
| from Mexico. Investigators said it appears the engine
was not
| producing power when the airplane hit the water, and the
passengers
| appear to have drowned.
|
| I just saw this on AvWeb and it made me sick. You have to
wonder how
| can one individual harness enough stupidity to fly a plane
without a
| license, with passengers, while sh!tfaced. My guess is
that OK law
| doesn't allow for a murder charge due to the
circumstances - I think
| it's warranted here. JMHO.
|