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Douglas Butzier, Libertarian Senate Candidate from Iowa, Dies in Plane Crash
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| 10/14/14
| Brian Doherty
Posted on 10/14/2014 10:59:51 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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He would not have had my support for office, but I am betting he did a lot of good for people working as an ER doctor....God bless his family and give them support in this difficult, tragic time.
To: SoFloFreeper
Prayers for him and his family.
To: SoFloFreeper
I'm guessing that the crash had something to do with all the storms yesterday.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:02:06 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
That and the break neck pace campaigning takes on a body and mind.
Strange how many candidates die in plane crashes near election time....
To: SoFloFreeper
Who could forget Paul Wellstone and the embarrassment of his funeral/campaign orgy!
To: SoFloFreeper
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:11:04 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: null and void
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:12:13 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - http://youtu.be/W93nc95j1KY)
To: SoFloFreeper
"No one else was in the plane. " NEVER a good idea, especially if the pilot has a heart attack.
To: Slings and Arrows
Wonder if he was flying the doctor killer beach bonanza ?
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:14:59 AM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He was flying a Piper Malibu. A high performance 6 seat complex single engine aircraft. He was attempting an instrument approach in low clouds and visibility at night. He had gone missed approach on his first attempt and was on his second try when he hit the ground hard about a mile short of the runway.
This is a fairly typical accident scenario in general aviation. Sometimes called: Get there-itis. A highly successful person gets their license, buys a plane and really wants to be somewhere on schedule. So they fly in conditions that they shouldn’t.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:17:36 AM PDT
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PilotDave
(No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!!)
To: PilotDave
I suspect you’re very close to what happened, and it’s a sad outcome.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:19:39 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: PilotDave
A highly successful person gets their license, buys a plane and really wants to be somewhere on schedule. So they fly in conditions that they shouldnt.That was pretty much what happened to JFK Jr., as I recall.
To: PilotDave
A highly successful person gets their license, buys a plane and really wants to be somewhere on schedule. So they fly in conditions that they shouldnt. JFK Jr. comes to mind...
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:25:59 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
To: PilotDave
I think I have heard that MDs are highly susceptible to it.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:26:00 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: Madame Dufarge
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:26:20 AM PDT
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ScottinVA
(We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
To: PilotDave
Nice aircraft.
Sad.
As Harry Callahan once said, "A man has got to know his limitations."
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:30:12 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: Madame Dufarge
“That was pretty much what happened to JFK Jr., as I recall.”
—
Yes,it was.
.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:34:21 AM PDT
by
Mears
To: SoFloFreeper
How will this affect the Iowa senate race?
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:36:46 AM PDT
by
bkopto
(Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
To: ScottinVA
Yes, doctors are known for that. But it is a common problem in aviation among successful, affluent, confident people. They feel like since they have been good at everything before they are great pilots too. I train lots of folks like that and have lots of conversations about when not to fly.
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posted on
10/14/2014 11:37:20 AM PDT
by
PilotDave
(No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!!)
To: SoFloFreeper
“the single-engine plane took off from the Ankeny Regional Airport at about 10 p.m. and crashed at about 11 p.m., about a mile north of the runway in Dubuque.”
A mile north an hour later? Wonder what he was doing....
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