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1 posted on 02/17/2017 7:57:21 AM PST by RummyChick
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Ground him, he’s going to kill him self and a whole host of innocent people.


2 posted on 02/17/2017 8:01:04 AM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (God did help the Republic, can we keep it.)
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For starters, I guarantee he was required to pee in a cup at John Wayne after the mishap, upon further review I would bet they PULLED his Ticket for 30 days ON THE SPOT.

His Flying Days are OVER


3 posted on 02/17/2017 8:03:00 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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Yikes. This is as dangerous as when Mom insists she can still drive on the freeway. Age is cruel. They need to take his license.


4 posted on 02/17/2017 8:03:57 AM PST by txrefugee
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Apparently Dementia is setting in. Very sad, the man is an internationally beloved star, and curtailing him from flying and driving is going to be very hard for his wife and loved ones. Even harder then with others because of the whole rich and famous thing.

If the FAA have grounded him pending medical evaluation for Orange County, and then if he gets grounded, remember that if you have dementia you won’t remember or care, and if left alone he can get to his planes and fly anyway. Or try to. Or drive. It’s going to be a whole different life for him. I feel for all of them.


7 posted on 02/17/2017 8:05:16 AM PST by Yaelle
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Alzheimer’s?


8 posted on 02/17/2017 8:05:41 AM PST by rejoicing
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Ford has my complete sympathy.
I absolutely doubt he could have been on illegal drugs or alcohol, although prescribed medications may be in play.

If that is not the case, the only other explanation is that he may be having "aging" issues, in which case his flying days may indeed be over.

Best wishes to one of the rare Hollywood normal and admired actors.

12 posted on 02/17/2017 8:12:24 AM PST by publius911 (I SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT!!!)
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Harry probably needs grounding or a copilot. Maybe he can invest in a high dollar simulator. It happens to every pilot. He’s become a danger to others.


13 posted on 02/17/2017 8:13:57 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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See: https://www.airnav.com/airport/KSNA


15 posted on 02/17/2017 8:14:38 AM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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....with his tail number -- "Husky Niner Hotel Uniform" -- and gives him a personal code (squawk) of 0214 ... his identifying code for air traffic control. All good up to that point. Not exactly. He must have been confused already at that point -- should have been "Hotel", not "Husky".
18 posted on 02/17/2017 8:17:38 AM PST by expat2
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Sounds like he’s too old to be flying anymore.


21 posted on 02/17/2017 8:20:01 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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Sounds like they need to keep the old dear out of the cockpit.


22 posted on 02/17/2017 8:20:58 AM PST by Tax-chick ("I prefer to think of myself as ... civilized." ~Jonathan Q. Higgins)
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25 posted on 02/17/2017 8:26:55 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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"The trouble starts when Harrison radios back saying he's in a helicopter. He stutters a few times trying to correct his mistake and then throws out his tail number. [snip] Our pilot sources say, on their own, these mistakes would be no big deal."

No big deal? Telling ATC that you're in a HELICOPTER, when you're piloting a small, single engine fixed-wing?

And he then lands on a taxiway?

I have no axe to grind with Harrison Ford, but it's pretty clear to me that he doesn't belong in the left seat of any aircraft at this point.

It'll be interesting to see if he gets the predictable 'star treatment' on this...

33 posted on 02/17/2017 8:41:14 AM PST by DJ Frisat (Hey, what happened to my clever tag line?!)
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35 posted on 02/17/2017 8:56:53 AM PST by moovova
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They should do a drug test on him. Wonder if that distant far away look is cannabis induced.


36 posted on 02/17/2017 9:04:33 AM PST by Walkingfeather
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“convo”

I hate hipster abbreviations. “Spox” is another one.

Is it really too time consuming to spell out the whole word?

And yeah, Harrison Ford needs to park it. He’s obviously losing his piloting skills.


39 posted on 02/17/2017 9:34:39 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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He should not fly Solo.


41 posted on 02/17/2017 10:06:59 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Have you driven a Ford . . . lately?)
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The runway is the one with the big numbers at each end.


42 posted on 02/17/2017 10:16:08 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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Harrison Ford suffered a head injury in the golf course emergency crash landing two years ago.

Head injuries at any age are statistically correlated to cognitive impairment, especially head injuries sustained later in life.

Howard Hughes had multiple head injuries from multiple plane crashes.

Reagan had head trauma after the assassination attempt when his head smacked the limousine roof as he was pushed into the back seat, plus, anesthesia for two major surgeries (bullet and colon cancer), plus, shortly after his term ended, he fell from a horse at his ranch and sustained a concussion.

Harrison Ford was also under general anesthesia after his severe leg injury on the Star Wars set a couple years back.


47 posted on 02/17/2017 11:55:32 AM PST by zeestephen
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