Ultimate Biplane crash in Ossipee. NH (N38PC)

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:45:16 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:45:24 -0500, "Morgans" wrote in :

"Richard Riley" wrote

WAS
THE PILOT EJECTED
^
In as much as the driver of a car can be thrown out of a rolling wrecked
car, and be reported as ejected, the same musta' happened for this pilot,
but obviously without an ejection seat.

So, from our point of view, it is an inaccurate description, but it would be
totally accurate to the majority of the public.

Richard's suggested change to the text (from "ejected" to "was ejected")
fits LD's description of what happened perfectly and matches your
analysis.

I'd expect it from a typical media source, but the "PILOT WAS EJECTED" quote was
from the FAA accident report. Figured those guys would know better....

Ron Wanttaja

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:45:16 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote:

WAS
THE PILOT EJECTED
^
In as much as the driver of a car can be thrown out of a rolling wrecked
car, and be reported as ejected, the same musta' happened for this pilot,
but obviously without an ejection seat.

So, from our point of view, it is an inaccurate description, but it would be
totally accurate to the majority of the public.

Richard's suggested change to the text (from "ejected" to "was ejected")
fits LD's description of what happened perfectly and matches your
analysis.

I've listened to his 11-minute interview several times. He speaks
as if he didn't have to do anything to get out of the plane.
Once he released his seat belts, he seems to have been thrown out
without any effort on his part.

I'd expect it from a typical media source, but the "THE PILOT EJECTED" quote was
from the FAA accident report. Figured those guys would know better....

Ron Wanttaja

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:53:10 -0500, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote:

LD Jeffries lost his biplane on Saturday, but
jumped in time to save his life.

Superb post-crash interview he

http://www.wmur.com/news/14576272/detail.html

Well... describing him as "a former paramilitary" is probably a tad off.

"paramilitaries can include...Illegal forces which consider themselves military
but which governments consider terrorist." (Wikipedia)

From the description, the guy sounds like ex-Pararescue....quite a bit different

I also enjoyed the FAA's description of this accident:

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!

Did you check his skivvies. :-)

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!
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Possible.

We'll need to examine the condition of his trousers to know for sure.

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ...

"AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS; AT 1500 FEET THE PILOT EJECTED AND
PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND, OSSIPEE, NH"

"Ejected"??!!

Ron Wanttaja

Maybe should say 'was ejected'...