Posted on 06/13/2014 10:41:52 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller was killed on Friday when his small plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airport north of New York City, a family spokesman and the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Dr. Richard Rockefeller of Falmouth, Maine, was piloting the Piper PA-46 aircraft when it went down about 10 minutes after takeoff from Westchester County Airport in Purchase, 23 miles (37 km) north of New York City, family spokesman Fraser Seitel and the FAA said.
He was the only person on board, according to an FAA statement.
"This is a terrible tragedy. The family is in shock. Richard was a wonderful and cherished family member," Seitel said.
It was unclear what caused the plane to crash as it took off around 8:10 a.m. on a foggy and rainy morning. An investigation was underway, airport officials said.
Rockefeller had flown to New York from Maine on Thursday to have dinner in Westchester County with his father, banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller, who was celebrating his 99th birthday, Seitel said.
"Richard was an experienced pilot, who had flown for many years," Seitel said.
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David turned 99 yesterday.
Yes I noted that in one of my posts...your point?
‘The good die young’? :-)
I did not know about victim, but his father David Rockefeller headed up think tank at CFR for decades...Studies program named after him.
http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/index.html
Rockefellers! Illuminati! Masons! Zionists! Martians! Chem Trails! 9/11! Birth Certificates! ITS A CONSPIRACY MAN!!!
...Or maybe rich people just like flying around in small aircraft, a statistically dangerous hobby if you do it your whole life.
Time to ban planes....
“Can Do” can kill.
Good summary.
Sadly, yes. Good pilots, a lot of 'em, but they get around that 2-300 hour mark and .........
“David Rockefeller is part of the reason we have Obama.”
Carter was David Rockefeller’s demonstration to show that anyone could be elected president, with the right backing.
CFR has been at this a long time...and they named the Studies Program after David R.
Trivia. :)
The CFR are the NWO leaders, who choose what politicians get to run for President, and they gave you O Drama....so not very trivial.
His birthday and advanced are trivial.
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