"Dave Kearton" wrote in
:

from www.swamp.com.au


To all the old ducks out there.




Just a random thought:
Quite a coincidence that that shows up, just days after a
pilot whom in recent years would be so close to mandatory
retirement at age 60, used his knowledge and skill to bring
a powerless aircraft down without loss of life..
(that rule was change not too long ago, raising the age to 65)

brings back to mind also the crash in Iowa years ago as well.
the DC-10 (Flt 232)that lost the hydraulic controls due to an
engine failure and the close to retirement pilots brought the aircraft
down with more that half the souls on board surviving the crash..

http://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/letters/1990/A90_177.pdf