Posted on 03/07/2021 5:46:02 PM PST by dynachrome
PARIS (Reuters) - French billionaire Olivier Dassault was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, with President Emmanuel Macron paying tribute to the 69-year old conservative politician.
Dassault was the eldest son of late French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose namesake Dassault Aviation, builds the Rafale war planes and owns Le Figaro newspaper.
“Olivier Dassault loved France. Captain of industry, lawmaker, local elected official, reserve commander in the air force: during his life, he never ceased to serve our country, to value its assets. His sudden death is a great loss. Thoughts on his family and loved ones,” Macron said on Twitter.
The private helicopter crashed on Sunday afternoon in Normandy, where he has a holiday home, according to a police source. The pilot was also killed.
A lawmaker for the conservative Les Republicains party since 2002, Dassault was considered the 361st richest man in the world alongside his two brothers and sister, with wealth of about 6 billion euros ($7.15 billion) mostly inherited from his father, according to the 2020 Forbes rich list.
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The late great Pistol Pete Maravich said he wouldn’t take a hundred billion dollars for what he had found in Christ Jesus.
I hope this poor man felt the same way.
It is worldwide expression now in all languages.
RIP.
Arkansas is a french word.
L’Arkancide;-)
“Bill Gates and George Soros fly around in helicopters a lot.“
Praying for our country!
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Good one!
LOL
Arkansas is the Osage tribe’s term for their neighbors, the Quapaw people.
Their Glide Ratio, Distance Traveled divided by Altitude, is about 4:1, compared to a small airplane's 11:1 or so.
However, an airplane is still traveling at normal flying speed after its 11:1 glide reaches the ground.
A helicopter can perform an "autorotation" for its "glide". At the end of a properly executed autorotation, smaller helicopters can land with zero forward airspeed and minimal sink rate, i.e. softly.
I've practiced well over 1,000, many "full autos" (to the ground) in Bell Jet Rangers, UH-1 "Hueys" and AD-350B Ecurelle. Those practice autos in the Sikorsky CH-53D were power recovery and not to the ground (full auto) Full auto in the CH-53D will probably shove the landing gear up through the sponsons, but you will walk away.
Better than coming down into a forest or field of boulders, let alone a housing neighborhood, at 50 or 70 mph.
If he would have taken a bus he would still be alive!
From high school French, it looks like “thoughts to...”.
You’re right. But the pronunciation is french-derived (the silent “s” - arkanSAW).
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