On Sep 23, 5:11*pm, "Mike" nospam@ microsoft.com wrote:
"romeomike" wrote in message

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Mike wrote:

James Henderson gave his life trying to save the life of a kid who was
lost in the mountains.

I have no disrespect for the man or the CAP, but I'm curious as to what,
in your opinion, was the cause of those poor souls losing their lives?

I don't care to speculate because too many variables exist to make any sort
of meaningful determination. *It's quite possible that Lt. Col Henderson
encountered conditions that few pilots could have ever recovered. *Mountain
flying is hazardous under the best of conditions, and they certainly didn't
have the best of conditions that day. *Sparky Imeson crashed just a few
months ago while giving instruction. *That sure as hell doesn't mean that
Mr. Haas is a better, more competent, more experienced, or smarter pilot
than he is simply because he has never faced similar consequences, although
I'm sure he might argue otherwise using his distorted logic.

Straight from the NTSB report.. Mike seems to have overlooked this
very important part. During my first few hours of flight training,
gathering weather info was foremost in being able to perform a safe
and uneventful flight.... Any one flying in the mountians is even more
sensitive to this.


NTSB .The pilot of the aircraft that located the initial fire
noted that
there were "high winds and surface friction causing turbulence."
There
was no record of the pilot obtaining a weather briefing from the FAA
Flight Service Station or the Direct User Access Terminal System
(DUATS).


My distorted logic concludes he didn't do what any low time pilot
would have.. Check the friggin WEATHER !!!!!!

I am not wasting any more time explaining the facts that are on record
to Mike. Altho that is probably not his real name. Just by clicking on
the view profile box that shows up on my google usenet reader is shows
he visited some computer areas. No where is the name Mike showing up.

over and OUT.

Ben.

Hey , thats my real name too.