[pgobrien]

I hope Lidle wasn't over confident that his parachute equiped airplane would prevent collisions with stationary objects. Reports that the plane was flying oddly prior to crash. What were the weather conditions? Lucky more weren't killed.

[Michael Goldsberry]

Creep.

[verum ago]

weather was fairly clear (some haze)/ Lidle had an instructor with him and some witnesses say they heard the engine sputtering prior to the crash... right now it seems like a horrible accident.
It also appears that therewere no other deaths aside from those in the plane

[woodbutcher]

I just saw breaking news on Fox that the second body was that of his instructor.

That brings up all sorts of wild memories of the past.

I would expect that this will turn out to be a training accident where limits of some sort were exceeded.

[Alberta's Child]

It was overcast all day today in New York, and it's raining very hard right now -- but it wasn't raining out at 2:45 this afternoon.

[Hildy]

My friend has that same exact plane. The parachute is a last resort. I don't think anyone believes it will save you from a situation like this. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. I'm glad no others died.

[LiberationIT]

Interesting speculation here... wizbangblog.com/
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