Here is some of him!
And here is some more of him!
And another piece here!
Posted on 03/30/2013 8:48:50 AM PDT by Doogle
Edited on 03/30/2013 8:51:03 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Authorities in southeastern Tennessee are searching for a man who was thrown from an experimental aircraft while he was learning to fly from an instructor.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that police in Collegedale and the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office on Friday were searching the ground for the man, who has not been identified.
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Great - another freedom under attack.
Now there will be a made rush to outlaw throwing people out of airplanes.
The sentence implies that someone on the plane with him threw him off. It should read, “Man falls from plane.”
“What’s this button do?”
Seriously though, sad. Maybe by some miracle he survived.
“Can you hear me now?”
Paging DB Cooper.
I’ll bet he doesn’t have the guts to do it again....
*snort* We LOVE that show!
I just saw they found the body in Bradley County..
Always, always, always wear your seatbelt. My flight instructor checked mine every time we got in the plane. And the canopy just flew off? I suspect there is more to this story.
The line about “That’s some bad ass sh*t” just cracked me up.
Dead parachutist identified as former narc' turned drug dealer
"...and then the Texan says, 'Remember the Alamo!' and chucks out the Mexican!" - An American Werewolf in London
Here is some of him!
And here is some more of him!
And another piece here!
Is it customary to pay in advance for flying lessons ?
I did marketing materials for several LSA (Light Sport Aircraft) manufacturers or importers, and was bartering with one of them to get licensed when the economy blew all to heck in 2008. Many of them are fine little airplanes, very stable, very solid, no problems at all, to the point that some are actually preferred for flight instruction.
The one I’ve flown many times is the Allegro 2000 from FantasyAir, and one of the primary markets was just that. It’s based upon a Czech design and was originally imported from there but is now made in USA. Very affordable as such things go, $60k or so well equipped and ready to fly or at least it was when I was pursuing it.
This Zodiac 610 is unfamiliar to me. Good looking plane, but the lexan “bubble” canopy appears to have been the culprit in this tragedy, it blew off in midflight and the trainee was not buckled in. From a quick search, it’s a Light Sport Kit meaning it was purchased as a kit, not a finished plane.
Somebody’s facing a lawsuit, imho.
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absolutely!!!
yeah, i guess it was a learning experience at that...
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