Posted on 07/16/2019 10:49:43 AM PDT by bitt
Historian Steven M. Gillon recalls his friendship with John F. Kennedy Jr. on the 20th anniversary of his fatal plane crash. The life of the late magazine publisher is being chronicled in a new A&E documentary titled 'Biography: JFK Jr — The Final Year,' as well as a book by Gillon titled 'America's Reluctant Prince.'
Steven M. Gillon can vividly recall when he and his pal John F. Kennedy Jr. were at a bar watching a fight on the big screen and a man pushed him aside and exclaimed “You’re John!” hugging the son of late President John F. Kennedy.
“He said, ‘I loved your father,’” Gillon recalled to Fox News. “That happened a lot. A couple of minutes later, the guy comes out again. He’s dragging his wife behind him and says, ‘Marilyn, I want you to meet my friend, John F. Kennedy Jr.’ John reaches out and he says, ‘Hi, Marilyn. I’ve heard so much about you. I’m glad I finally got to meet you.’ And I looked at him. He had just met this guy 20 minutes ago. And John said, ‘What was wrong with that? I made two people really happy.’
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Even a complex autopilot with artificial intellegence (if there is such a thing) probably would not have saved him if he was already inverted and approaching redline.
The Piper he was flying certainly didn’t have an autopilot that would control the power setting. He wasn’t ready for what he got himself into, imo.
Another conspiracy theory.
Determined to save a 2 year old marriage, hmmm. Barely out of the honeymoon phase. Serious red flags.
His cousins are losers, too.
He wasn’t “instrument qualified”. Not even close.
I don’t need to know this crap, I’m a KENNEDY!
By flying anyway, he committed suicide and murder.
But...he may have turned had he lived. Remember, Gore, Hill, Bill, among others were 'pro-life', 'pro-marriage', 'pro-family' (in the traditional sense) at one point in their worthless lives. JFK jr may have turned into a raving lunatic like the rest of them.
The "curse" came from the lobotomy that Joe Sr. had performed on his daughter Rosemary. The account of the procedure is just ghastly. A normal-functioning albeit rebellious young woman was rendered a total vegetable on the operating table.
Rosemary would be the first of Joe's children to die naturally, outlived only by her brother Ted.
It’s amazing how many people in the clinton’s way die
in plane crashes. It’s as if they had a special “mechanic” to take care of the planes before flight.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. killed in WW-II in 1944
Rosemary Kennedy, lobotomized and stored away in a mental institution for the rest of her life in 1941.
John F. Kennedy, assassinated in 1963.
Robert Kennedy, shot and killed in 1968
Ted Kennedy, fat, drunk and stupid who killed Mary Jo Kopechne on JULY 18, 1969 and should have gone to jail
Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, killed in a skiing accident in 1997.
David A. Kennedy, died of a drug overdose in 1984
Mary Kennedy, estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr., committed suicide by hanging herself in 2012
John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, died in a plane crash in 1999
It was only after he died that "sources close to him" started saying he was going to get in to politics.
He was going to come out of the closet as a REPUBLICAN so Hillary had him taken out.
John F. Kennedy Jr. was ready to pursue politics, however the klintons decided otherwise...
It has also been said that John Jr. had investigated the death of his father and knew who killed him - someone named George. Was he about to reveal this publicly?
Full NTSB report on JFK Jr. The report lists these findings: “Occurrence #1: LOSS OF CONTROL – IN FLIGHT Phase of Operation: DESCENT Findings 1. (F) LIGHT CONDITION – DARK NIGHT 2. (F) WEATHER CONDITION – HAZE 3. (C) AIRCRAFT CONTROL – NOT MAINTAINED – PILOT IN COMMAND 4. (C) SPATIAL DISORIENTATION – PILOT IN COMMAND ———-
Occurrence #2: IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN/WATER Phase of Operation: DESCENT – UNCONTROLLED Findings 5. TERRAIN CONDITION – WATER.” It says:
“The noninstrument-rated pilot obtained weather forecasts for a cross-country flight, which indicated visual flight rules (VFR) conditions with clear skies and visibilities that varied between 4 to 10 miles along his intended route. The pilot then departed on a dark night. According to a performance study of radar data, the airplane proceeded over land at 5,500 feet.”
The report continues: “About 34 miles west of Martha’s Vineyard Airport, while crossing a 30-mile stretch of water to its destination, the airplane began a descent that varied between 400 to 800 feet per minute (fpm). About 7 miles from the approaching shore, the airplane began a right turn. The airplane stopped its descent at 2,200 feet, then climbed back to 2,600 feet and entered a left turn. While in the left turn, the airplane began another descent that reached about 900 fpm. While still in the descent, the airplane entered a right turn. During this turn, the airplane’s rate of descent and airspeed increased. The airplane’s rate of descent eventually exceeded 4,700 fpm, and the airplane struck the water in a nose-down attitude.”
Meanwhile, says the report, “Airports along the coast reported visibilities between 5 and 8 miles. Other pilots flying similar routes on the night of the accident reported no visual horizon while flying over the water because of haze. The pilot’s estimated total flight experience was about 310 hours, of which 55 hours were at night. The pilot’s estimated flight time in the accident airplane was about 36 hours, of which about 9.4 hours were at night.” The report continues:
About 3 hours of that time was without a certified flight instructor (CFI) on board, and about 0.8 hour of that was flown at night and included a night landing. In the 15 months before the accident, the pilot had flown either to or from the destination area about 35 times. The pilot flew at least 17 of these flight legs without a CFI on board, of which 5 were at night. Within 100 days before the accident, the pilot had completed about 50 percent of a formal instrument training course.
A Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular (AC) 61-27C, ‘Instrument Flying: Coping with Illusions in Flight,’ states that illusions or false impressions occur when information provided by sensory organs is misinterpreted or inadequate and that many illusions in flight could be caused by complex motions and certain visual scenes encountered under adverse weather conditions and at night.
The AC also states that some illusions might lead to spatial disorientation or the inability to determine accurately the attitude or motion of the aircraft in relation to the earth’s surface. The AC further states that spatial disorientation, as a result of continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions, is regularly near the top of the cause/factor list in annual statistics on fatal aircraft accidents.
According to AC 60-4A, ‘Pilot’s Spatial Disorientation,’ tests conducted with qualified instrument pilots indicated that it can take as long as 35 seconds to establish full control by instruments after a loss of visual reference of the earth’s surface. AC 60-4A further states that surface references and the natural horizon may become obscured even though visibility may be above VFR minimums and that an inability to perceive the natural horizon or surface references is common during flights over water, at night, in sparsely populated areas, and in low-visibility conditions.
Examination of the airframe, systems, avionics, and engine did not reveal any evidence of a preimpact mechanical malfunction.
I strongly suspect Hillary had him killed
Low time VFR Pilot, flying at Night with Cloud Cover over open water. He was flying blind and most likely spiraled right into the water thinking he was straight and level.
Yes I have an Instrument Rating and would never consider flying over open water at night with cloud overhead VFR.
I don’t think Hillary had him killed, but she was sure happy when he was gone.
One less Arkancide to carry out.
Thanks for finding and posting that document. Not much left to doubt.
Hillary would have weaseled her way into a Secretary of State position somehow. The bitch was hell-bent on being President and nothing was going to stop her ....
Except POTUS Donald J Trump :-).
I had to ask around and one pilot knew about where to find it so thought I’d pass it along. Have a nice Day. J
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