Yankees Pitcher Cory Lidle was pilot of plane which flew into building. Called for Mayday.

foxnews.com ^ | 11 OCT 06 | dcbryan1

[DCBryan1]

Was piloting a Cyrus SR20 plane. Called for a MAYDAY before crashing. Seen trying to bank hard and evade building.

[tioga]

RIP

[Alamo-Girl]

Strange. Thanks for the ping!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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You are correct, Coleus.

And just as spookey is how all the flight intstructors being interviewed on the news today are saying just how weird this Aircraft crash is, not making any sense at all ..flying wise.

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[ALOHA RONNIE]

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You are correct, Alamo Girl.

Please see Post No. 63,


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[Natural Law]

This is certainly a tragedy, but the only reason we are being force fed a constant stream of news on this is because it happened on the doorstep of the major MSM offices.

[onyx]

I didn't know that.
Thanks for the ping.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Wouldn't you like to see a quote on exactly how the now late CORY LIDL phrased what he had to say on National TV about JFK jr's strange Aircraft crash..?

A strange JFK jr Aircraft crash that "happened" to take place just when he was fixin' to announce for the same U.S. Senate Seat from New York that HILLARY was already seriously running for..?

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[ReignOfError]

Isn't it "interesting" how CORY LIDL came to the exact same Aircraft fate as JFK jr's..?

If a controlled flight into open water is the "exact same fate" as an apparent mechanical problem and flying into an occupied building, sure.

A JFK jr Aircraft fate that CORY LIDL just "happened" to have mentioned in a National TV interview during the Major League Playoff Series last week..?

I'd imagine every famous GA pilot gets asked about that at one time or another.

Another key difference is that JFK Jr. had more money than sense and more plane than he could handle. Lidle's Cirrus SR-20, from the folks I know who are into general aviation, is actually an excellent choice for relative beginners to fly.

It was the first production aircraft to have a ballistic parachute, so if he declared a fuel emergency after takeoff from New Jersey, it would have made more sense to stay over the Hudson and ditch if necessary; I don't see any sane reason to take a questionable aircraft over Manhattan at low altitude.

[beyond the sea]

Chrysanthemums in the flower box still looking good............

[beyond the sea]

A JFK jr Aircraft fate that CORY LIDL just "happened" to have mentioned in a National TV interview during the Major League Playoff Series last week..?

Yoi ...... I'm hearing the smokey, haunting voice of Rod Serling.

[onyx]

That's uncanny, but NICE.
Bless those who died. May they rest in peace.

[Gil4]

More detail from the data - still apples to oranges, but before we were comparing grapes to grapefruit, so it's a little better:

Fatal accidents per 100,000 fight hours = 1.31 (for commercial carriers it was .016)

Fatalities per 100 Million vehicle miles traveled = 1.47

THere is still not quite enough data to be sure, but it looks like the safety rankings are as follows:

Commercial airliner
Driving
General aviation

A couple more notes:
1. The aviation stats are for fatal accidents per 100,000 hours, not fatalities per 100,000 hours.
2. The number 321 you cited was for fatal accidents, not fatalities. The 321 accidents resulted in 557 fatalities (+ 5 more on the ground). The commercial carriers rate I cited includes 3 accidents with 20 + 2 fatalities.
3. What we really need is fatalities per passenger mile for both air and car (including pilot/driver as "passengers.")
4. The aviation data tends to vary wildly from year to year, from what I remember from other sources (especially the fatalities number). In 2005, there were 22 deaths related to 10 CFR 121 air travel (which I assume is the major airlines from the other numbers. One major accident can obliterate that number.

[bad company]

First thing I thought of. Thurman Munson

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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I'd simply like to hear a tape replay, or see a transcript, of what the Late CORY LIDL had to say on Natinonal TV after last Saturday's Yankee Playoff Game about JFK jr's sudden aircraft crash.

Then go on from there.

A simple thing, considering that all the highly experienced flight instructors being interviewed in the news about CORY's sudden Aircraft crash yesterday can explain its why's..?

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[BluesDuke]

he crashed due to pilot error and plane problems, you can knock it off with the "oh, this wouldnt have happened if the tigers lost"

Lidle or his instructor (both?) radioed MAYDAY! after banking hard trying to evade the building. And, that Lidle had radioed the Teeterboro (N.J.) airport from which the plane took off reporting fuel problems.

But let the whacknuts have their sick fun. I'm only surprised someone hasn't yet called it a Yankee conspiracy to take the wind out of the New York Mets on the threshold of the National League Championship Series---since the Mets' third base coach lives in the building the Lidle plane hit. (The coach, Manny Acta, is said to have been answering his cell phone all day Wednesday by starting with, "I'm alive" or "I'm ok." The Mets found him temporary accommodations after the crash, until it's determined he can return to his apartment safely.)

[johnny7]

Blame the Red Sox...

[BluesDuke]

I don't know what it is. There are a few Freepers that are against "affluence" ... or enjoying wealth. It's disgusting.

There do seem to be those who respect the work and sacrifice involved in becoming wealthy until one has actually become wealthy. From that point forward, in the eyes of only too many, he or she is either one of our "privileged" who doesn't know what "real work" means, or he or she is some sort of criminal.

Meanwhile, permit me to tell you of a pre-free agency era baseball player who also died in a small plane crash. His name was Ken Hubbs. Second baseman, Chicago Cubs. National League Rookie of the Year, 1962. Killed when his small plane went down over Utah before spring training 1964. The bitter irony: He took up flying, and came to love it, in order to conquer his original fear of flying.

The grotesque aftermath: When the Topps people rolled the presses on their 1966 baseball cards, the card for a Cubs pitcher named Dick Ellsworth turned out to have the most embarrassing mistake in the history of the hobby---the picture wasn't of Ellsworth but of Ken Hubbs.

[montag813]

I'm only surprised someone hasn't yet called it a Yankee conspiracy to take the wind out of the New York Mets on the threshold of the National League Championship Series---since the Mets' third base coach lives in the building the Lidle plane hit.

It was a Yankee Conspiracy to take the wind out of the Mets' sails. And they recruited the Mets' Coach, who used a tractor beam to suck Lidle plane into the building. You think this is a coincidence? Yeah, sure, just like it was a coincidence that Karl Rove was seen running out of WTC Tower 2 with a tractor beam on 9/11. Get real! This is all part of the vast Zionist-Yankees-GOP-Chinese-DesignatedHitter-Fascist Conspiracy.

[BluesDuke]

It was a Yankee Conspiracy to take the wind out of the Mets' sails. And they recruited the Mets' Coach, who used a tractor beam to suck Lidle plane into the building. You think this is a coincidence? Yeah, sure, just like it was a coincidence that Karl Rove was seen running out of WTC Tower 2 with a tractor beam on 9/11. Get real! This is all part of the vast Zionist-Yankees-GOP-Chinese-DesignatedHitter-Fascist Conspiracy.

Maybe that'll learn me to keep my big mouth shut! ;)

[beyond the sea]

I just happened to hear on a sports talk radio show that APPARENTLY this Cory was sometimes a BIT of a fool as the pilot of a plane............... it was said by a friend he took up in the air once that he liked to do silly things with the aircraft.

I will go no further.

I'm sorry he's dead............... but as a baseball player myself......... I can just add that his "stuff" was pretty average. God knows why old George signed him.