I know. I just wish there could be one thread sometime about somebody making a fatal error that didn't end up trashing the guy before he's even gotten a decent funeral.
Everybody makes mistakes. Some of them are fatal. Few of us know in advance which mistake we'll make... will be our last one.
"I just wish there could be one thread sometime about somebody making a fatal error that didn't end up trashing the guy before he's even gotten a decent funeral." How about two threads with errors that did not turn out fatal?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1391498/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241693/posts
I reread my post and you had no reason to have it deleted. I hope you don't go to a fit of tears when the FAA comes out with their report.
I am sorry he died. He was not a well trained pilot and did not understand the incredible danger that he put himself in.
He was probably a great guy but he was a poor and inexperienced pilot.
Lack of fuel or not, you do not fly VFR at night in a single engine plane over Lake Michigan at midnight.
What, and deprive people from getting their sanctimonious self-rightous kicks? How dare you!