1 Fatal ...r.a.h or r.a.p?

Considering the number of pilots I know I'd say it is more dangerous to have
graduated with me than it is being a pilot.

That is funny! I hope I didn't go to school with you!

Todd

Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.

I've also known three in only nine years of flying.
In my whole life, I 've only directly known two people who've died in traffic
accidents.

Wow! I have been flying for 25 years. I lose 1-2 on average each year.
Four was the most one year.

Peter Freeman wrote:
Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.

I wouldn't say "extemely dangerous". Most of us are very aware of the
risks and do what we can to minimize them.

john smith wrote:
Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.


I've also known three in only nine years of flying.
In my whole life, I 've only directly known two people who've died in traffic
accidents.


Wow! I have been flying for 25 years. I lose 1-2 on average each year.
Four was the most one year.

Wow, I've only been flying for five years, but I don't know anyone
personally who has died, and only one plane I've flown has been involved
in a fatal crash.

Montblack,

One name that comes to mind, never left really, is Gil Armbruster, Dec
1, 1998 ~ mini500.

The Monk

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
I sometimes cut-n-paste crash victim's names into
Google.groups.rec.aviation to see if that person has ever posted here. Too
ghoulish?

One person's name, about 6 years ago, came up. IIRC, his family was in the
plane.

With the spate of recent crashes it got me wondering, again: People here
at rec.aviation know some of these victims - but have WE lost any of our
(r.a.h & r.a.p) posters in crashes, in the last 8-10 years?


Montblack
I've been around since 1998 - starting in r.a.s.

Well considering that probably half or more use "handles" and not their real
name it would be hard to know. I've been flying for around 4 years and I
don't know of anyone that has been in a crash fatal or otherwise and I hope
it always stays that way.

--------------------------------------------
DW

In a previous article, said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
A few years back a guy who was on the same Piper Chat mailing list as me
died in his Cherokee 6, taking most of his family with him. That sucked.

If that was a Connecticut pilot, and the crash was in Pullayup, WA, I
worked with him.

No, this was in the North East.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, there's going to be one
big-ass fight over where to set the thermostat.
-- Jim Rosenberg

Darkwing heducksmailTyahoo.com wrote:

I've been flying for around 4 years and I
don't know of anyone that has been in a crash fatal or otherwise and I hope
it always stays that way.

Me also. I have had my certificate for four years as well but have yet to
experience an acquaintance getting killed in an aviation accident. There
was a fatal Cirrus spin accident in the practice area north of our class C
airport while I was training and both pilots were based at my FBO, but I
didn't know them.

--
Peter

"Peter Freeman" wrote in message
oups.com...
Just yesterday a guy I know crashed his plane and died. I didn't know
him REAL well but it was either him, or his twin brother who did a
lesson with me a few months ago. That makes 3 people I've known in the
aviation world who have died in some aviation accident. It really
drives the point hom that what we do is extremely dangerous. The risk
is nothing to take lightly.

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/...WS01/602010321

If I read that right, it said he crashed moments after he took off, and he
realized he was low on fuel. Is that what happened, or did the news mess it
up? Did he really take off without checking the fuel levels?
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
...
"Peter Freeman" wrote in message
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/...WS01/602010321

If I read that right, it said he crashed moments after he took off, and he
realized he was low on fuel. Is that what happened, or did the news mess
it up? Did he really take off without checking the fuel levels?

No, the article says he landed in a field because he was low on fuel. He
subsequently refueled and tried to take off, but hit obstacles and crashed.

--Gary