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Fascinating video of events leading up to Russell stealing a plane and going for a joy ride before crashing it into a small island in Puget Sound.
1 posted on 07/10/2022 3:01:31 PM PDT by SimpleJack
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To: SimpleJack

He got in.

Started it up.

Took off.


2 posted on 07/10/2022 3:06:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: SimpleJack

Airplanes are easy to take off but not so easy landing.


4 posted on 07/10/2022 3:09:26 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: SimpleJack

The sky king! He had a wonderful sense of humor. Realistically, he woulda wound up in some sort of mental health situation and been out in less than 10 years.
Sad that he ended it all.


5 posted on 07/10/2022 3:10:38 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: SimpleJack

I used to start Cessnas with a Craftsman tool box key.


8 posted on 07/10/2022 3:19:09 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: SimpleJack

I heard about 15 minutes of the conversation he had with air traffic control on the local radio station last night.

He was crazy, he knew he was crazy and said so, but he also didn’t want to hurt anybody.

He just wanted to suicide and go out with a thrill.


15 posted on 07/10/2022 4:03:03 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: SimpleJack

I have been on Ketron Island many times, visiting my uncle and aunt. We would go to the beach to pick up oysters and heat them on rocks heated by a fire. Steamed clams in sea water were a treat, dipped in butter. Ketron is accessible only by ferry. That fire started by Russell crashing the plane could have burnt out the entire island. Those 20 or so people who had homes there would have lost an island paradise.


16 posted on 07/10/2022 4:05:07 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: SimpleJack

Crashing and dying does not make the definition of “successful”.


17 posted on 07/10/2022 4:13:01 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (What did Socialists use before candles? Electricity)
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