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To: VideoPaul
He was arrogant, cocky and thought his wealth could get him out of anything. It killed him and two others.

The V-tail Bonanza was nicknamed "The doctor killer" because that was a very popular aircraft for them. It was fast and pricey. Some said the v-tail was too weak but flying the plane within the published envelope was as safe as any other aircraft.

The plane got a bad rap but many people said that the overconfidence in people like doctors made them fly their planes into weather and situations that others would not dare to fly.

56 posted on 01/07/2019 8:05:12 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: OldMissileer

The closest I ever came to getting kilt (so far) was the day I learned what “Macon reporting thunderstorms in all four quadrants” actually meant.

In retrospect, it should have been obvious.


67 posted on 01/08/2019 5:48:17 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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