Triangle of death: Philanthropist island crash fourth this year

Boston Herald ^ | December 3, 2005 | Casey Ross

[Smokin' Joe]

Flying 200 ft. from the water? That would not take much inattention to get wet. Heart attack, stroke, sneezing fit, lots of organic and innocent possibilities, but I imagine the account books could tell much more... if there is anything to tell.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Alas, not I.

[bannie]

Did he criticize hillary?

[pabianice]

So he descended through the glide slope. Two miles from the threshold, perhaps not. Two miles from the tower, airport reference point, who knows. My point is that accidents aren't happening at ACK to aircraft in crew environments. Single pilot IFR is commonplace and is dangerous. Single pilots easily become over tasked and performance deteriotes very quickly. CFIT is not just a single pilot problem, but single pilots are at markedly higher risk of flying into the ground. The advent of GPS and EFIS in the single pilot environment, in my opinion, has worsened the situation by increasing, not decreasing, pilot workload.

Sorry; no. Single pilot IFR is fine.

[Smokin' Joe]

No problem. big bucks here (8^D)

[billorites]

"Sorry; no. Single pilot IFR is fine." George Baker III (1938-2005)

[pabianice]

"Sorry; no. Single pilot IFR is fine." George Baker III (1938-2005)

I see. Because you don't like it, no one should do it. Very Howard Dean of you. I and many friends have been doing single pilot IFR for decades. Still here. Get a life.

[billorites]

"I see. Because you don't like it, no one should do it. Very Howard Dean of you. I and many friends have been doing single pilot IFR for decades. Still here. Get a life."

Oh no, you have all wrong. Fly early fly often. Single pilot IFR is legal, should be, and I occassionally do it.

Perhaps that makes me a hypocrite.

I look in my logbook, though, and I see dead people. People who instructed me, students of mine, and a designated examiner I flew with all came to a sudden stop flying.

Not all killed in single pilot IFR ops, truth be told, but in some kind of general aviation operation.

If you've been flying for any length of time, you see dead people in your logbook too.

Single pilot IFR is one of the sketchiest things we do.