Posted on 03/08/2021 1:24:42 AM PST by nickcarraway
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.
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Where were the clintons ?
Seems like there are a lot more helicopter crashes than planes.
There are engineering reasons for that.
They are still using rotary helicopters, not touch tone.
lol...sad but true!
Better headline: “Billionaire somehow stupid enough to ride in helicopter.”
Helicopters don’t fly. They beat the air into submission.
Twenty thousand parts flying in formation.
Helicopters don’t fly. Dey so ugly de Erf rejects them. Mars do too.
Twenty thousand parts leaking hydraulic fluid flying in formation.
69-year old conservative politician
My inner conspiracy theorist sees “conservative politician” and says WHO hired the pilot? WHO did he piss off recently? Just how popular was he with the public? Had he been making waves about tyranny and socialism?
Or was it just a garden variety accident?
Weather sucked I bet. Immortals seem to think that doesn’t matter.
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