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Lost a friend today
Back in May, I finally got a chance to ride along in a friend's float
plane, and he even let me do a couple of take-offs and landings. I was hoping that since his plane partner had lost his medical, I could convince him to take me on as a plane partner. Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner are both dead. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ "The ideals we uphold during a crisis define who we are." - Bruce Scheier http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0109.html |
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Lost a friend today
Jeez, I'm so sorry, that is terrible news. KC Paul Tomblin wrote: Back in May, I finally got a chance to ride along in a friend's float plane, and he even let me do a couple of take-offs and landings. I was hoping that since his plane partner had lost his medical, I could convince him to take me on as a plane partner. Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner are both dead. |
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Lost a friend today
("Paul Tomblin" wrote)
Back in May, I finally got a chance to ride along in a friend's float plane, and he even let me do a couple of take-offs and landings. Sorry to hear of your loss. Paul-Mont |
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Lost a friend today
On Aug 16, 1:49 pm, (Paul Tomblin) wrote:
Back in May, I finally got a chance to ride along in a friend's float plane, and he even let me do a couple of take-offs and landings. I was hoping that since his plane partner had lost his medical, I could convince him to take me on as a plane partner. Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner are both dead. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ "The ideals we uphold during a crisis define who we are." - Bruce Scheierhttp://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0109.html Paul, Very sorry to hear about your friend. Its always sad when this happens, and it always makes me more cautious as a pilot. I lost two co-workers in a Lancair landing accident back in 2002, and I liked both of them a lot. Any idea what happened to cause this accident? Dean W. AeroLEDs LLC www.aeroleds.com |
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Lost a friend today
"Paul Tomblin" wrote Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner are both dead. That stinks, big time. Any family left behind? Send our condolences, if so. Hang in there. The risks we take, to do what we love... -- Jim in NC |
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Lost a friend today
"Paul Tomblin" wrote: Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner are both dead. That's a shame. Sorry, Paul. -- Dan T-182T at BFM |
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Lost a friend today
Paul Tomblin wrote: Back in May, I finally got a chance to ride along in a friend's float plane, and he even let me do a couple of take-offs and landings. I was hoping that since his plane partner had lost his medical, I could convince him to take me on as a plane partner. Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner are both dead. Very, very sad. Glad you weren't along when whatever happened happened. |
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Lost a friend today
Very sorry Paul,
Paul "Paul Tomblin" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Back in May, I finally got a chance to ride along in a friend's float plane, and he even let me do a couple of take-offs and landings. I was hoping that since his plane partner had lost his medical, I could convince him to take me on as a plane partner. Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner are both dead. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ "The ideals we uphold during a crisis define who we are." - Bruce Scheier http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0109.html |
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Lost a friend today
Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner
are both dead. Dang, that sucks. Sorry to hear it. As info becomes available, please share it here. All we can do to honor their memory is to learn from their tragedy. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Lost a friend today
In a previous article, Jay Honeck said:
Today, that plane crashed, and my friend and probably his plane partner are both dead. Dang, that sucks. Sorry to hear it. As info becomes available, please share it here. All we can do to honor their memory is to learn from their tragedy. http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?...&catego ry=10 They were leaving on a fishing trip to Quebec. Witnesses say they took off to the north as usual, but weren't gaining altitude very quickly, turned as if to land to the south, but didn't land, went past the end of the bay, and crashed not far from the end of the bay. There are some hills around there. I wonder if they were overloaded or not developing full power, returned for a landing, and then couldn't land because a boat or kayak got in their way, and then did a departure stall trying to avoid the hills. I've flown with Mike and he seemed like he did a thorough pre-flight every time, and was a good and careful pilot. I've never flown with Dave. Dave lost his medical and they bought a Taylorcraft so that Dave could fly under light sport rules. They crashed that last year (NTSB says "unexplained loss of power, and slightly over gross"), and bought a Legend Cub as well as keeping the Cessna. -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ Whenever someone says something exceedingly stupid, I feel it my duty to educate them. Plus, everyone else leaves and the meeting becomes de facto over. -- Rob Russell understands meetings |
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