CNN: Cocaine and alcohol found in pilot who spun into LA apt last spring.

Sam

Be that as it may.

I've seen a large number of pilots fly with a heavy load of booze
through the years.

To the best of my knowledge none were ever in an accident (or a
fatality).

Can't say it couldn't happen, but was not a 100% accident waiting to
happen.

I remember onetime I was giving an evaluation to a full Colonel in a
single pilot fighter. We took off in formation with me on his wing
into a thunderstorm and climbed through it to on top. Lots of
turbulence, lighting, etc and he was as steady as a rock (maybe just
froze on the controls G. He was a WWII jock that was in the Guard.

I do agree though, booze and flying is not the best combination.

Big John


On 20 Nov 2003 15:50:35 -0800, (Sam) wrote:

Anonymous Nobody wrote in message ...
CNN is reporting that coroners discovered cocaine and alcohol in the system
of the pilot who spun his aircraft into a LA apartment complex last spring.
As you might recall, the crash was captured on video tape and resulted in
the deaths of all on board and one on the ground.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/11/1....ap/index.html

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Peter


Wow, that is really stupid. I won't even ride my motorcycle if I've
had more than 2 drinks (plus several hours AND a full meal). Why
would someone actually try and fly like that??