[Fitzcarraldo]

when Frost took off his safety belt and stood up in front of the pilot.

Also endangered the safety of the pilot. We must remember that after we go, the world goes on. I hope that I go in silent dignity.

[ClearCase_guy]

I hope I go quietly in my sleep, like my Uncle. Not screaming, like the kids on the school bus he was driving.

[shellylet]

At 88 and with a brain tumor he most likely had some form of dementia! He obviously wasn't in his right mind!

[blackdog]

An interesting log book entry that day I'll tell ya. I guess he'll have to cut the instruction time short from total time. That is unless he provided trajectory instructions and was shouting them out on the way down to the old man.

I've always wondered which is better, to pancake like a slab of liver or to headfirst into a flesh lump like a missile?

I think I'd go for the missile configuration.

[savedbygrace]

"When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather . . .
not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car."