Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Prominent Trump Donor's 'Entire Family' Killed in Plane Crash After Being Intercepted by F-16s Over DC
The Western Journal ^ | June, 5, 2023 | George C. Upper III

Posted on 06/05/2023 9:24:25 AM PDT by Boomer

A frequent donor to the NRA and Republican politicians and causes told reporters that he lost several family members when a private jet crashed after flying through restricted airspace Sunday.

John Rumpel told The Washington Post that his “entire family” was on board the Cessna Citation that crashed near Montebello, Virginia, around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

Multiple outlets, including The New York Times, reported that Rumpel’s daughter, 2-year-old granddaughter, and a nanny went down with the plane, as well as a pilot.

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bidencrimefamily; bidencriminalregime; cessnacitation; cw2; epstein; johnrumpel; ronbrown; sethrich; trump; virginiacide
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-96 next last
To: Red Badger

Ultimate click bait


41 posted on 06/05/2023 10:10:39 AM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Buckeye Battle Cry

Because of the Payne Stewart mishap, rule number 1 when you have cabin pressurization loss: Don Oxygen masks.


42 posted on 06/05/2023 10:13:58 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Jewbacca

Some Citations only need one pilot.


43 posted on 06/05/2023 10:15:38 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: desertsolitaire

I’ve flown that path to ISP (MacArthur Airport) a few times. The route takes you crossing the south shore going north and makes a left U turn about the middle of Long Island as it descends into its landing path. Be curious to know how low in altitude that plane got since they were so close to the landing destination.


44 posted on 06/05/2023 10:15:46 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
That is one egregious headline..................

Yep.

45 posted on 06/05/2023 10:17:38 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Political Junkie Too

Does it seem odd that the pilot had done a 180 in preparation to land at NY air port and then passed out?
The father said they were returning to the Hamptons from visiting him in North Carolina.
Wonder why the plane took off from Tenn?
So planes have auto pilots that return them to destination point AND land?
What if there isn’t enough fuel to get back to destination point?


46 posted on 06/05/2023 10:23:09 AM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: RWGinger
So planes have auto pilots that return them to destination point AND land? What if there isn’t enough fuel to get back to destination point?

I don't know, which is what I said in my first post.

It does look odd, though. It could have made an instrument approach that it was preprogrammed to do, and then just kept traveling in a straight line from there, again coincidentally flying over DC. I can't imagine that an explosive decompression would happen at approach altitudes, so something must have happened long before then and the autopilot turned the plane but kept it level.

But it's all just speculation on my part.

Regarding running out of fuel, that's what happened to Payne Stewart. A fighter jet followed the plane until it ran out of fuel and then crashed back to the ground.

-PJ

47 posted on 06/05/2023 10:34:07 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: stylin19a
what a crap headline...this appears to be the same issue that killed the people in the Payne Stewart plane...

I don't recall reading..."Payne Stewart" proud conservative Christian and Republican voter"....

48 posted on 06/05/2023 10:37:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

The headline is what’s kmown as yellow journalism.

Not necessarily a lie, but yellow... like Fox news.


49 posted on 06/05/2023 10:46:57 AM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Political Junkie Too

Well they could have been in a Cirrus SR22.
When you get tired of flying you just deploy the parachute and it lands you gently back on the ground.


50 posted on 06/05/2023 10:48:25 AM PDT by 9422WMR
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: Boomer

I guess everyone knows that Montebello, Virginia is three hours from DC by car.


51 posted on 06/05/2023 10:51:52 AM PDT by Ken Regis (I concur. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: thefactor

I guess I’m just smarter than most I guess.

And you?


52 posted on 06/05/2023 10:51:52 AM PDT by Boomer (The biden regime / identity politics is a clear and present threat to this constitutional republic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: AAABEST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNxeF4KMsY

Yellow
Coldplay
Track 5 on Parachutes
Produced by Ken Nelson & Coldplay

“Yellow” is the fifth track and second single from Coldplay’s 2000 debut album Parachutes. It is one of their oldest and most enduring hits, continuing to be a celebrated…

Jun. 26, 2000

Yellow

[Verse 1: Chris Martin]
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow
I came along, I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called “Yellow”
So then I took my turn
Oh, what a thing to have done
And it was all yellow

[Chorus 1: Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland & Will Champion]
(Aah) Your skin, oh, yeah, your skin and bones
(Ooh) Turn into something beautiful
(Aah) You know, you know I love you so
You know I love you so

[Verse 2: Chris Martin]
I swam across, I jumped across for you
Oh, what a thing to do
‘Cause you were all yellow
I drew a line, I drew a line for you
Oh, what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

[Chorus 2: Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland & Will Champion]
(Aah) Your skin, oh, yeah, your skin and bones
(Ooh) Turn into something beautiful
(Aah) And you know, for you, I’d bleed myself dry
For you, I’d bleed myself dry

[Bridge: Chris Martin]
It’s true, look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine

[Outro: Chris Martin]
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
And all the things that you do


53 posted on 06/05/2023 10:53:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: stylin19a

Bwaaahaaaahaaaa.

I need to get a set of those. Do they work for those who don’t drink?


54 posted on 06/05/2023 10:54:09 AM PDT by Boomer (The biden regime / identity politics is a clear and present threat to this constitutional republic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Wilderness Conservative

Yes-very weird. Would like to know how that happened.


55 posted on 06/05/2023 10:56:49 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: Boomer
"I guess I’m just smarter than most I guess."

You begin and end a single sentence with "I guess" and want me to believe your intellectual capacity is greater than most people? I don't think so.

56 posted on 06/05/2023 11:00:49 AM PDT by thefactor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: tflabo

Wow, sounds plausible, so in that scenario this plane should have been singled out in New York airspace as basically an unguided missile—why wasn’t D.C. advised early by someone extrapolating the flight path of the pilot-free-but-still-flying-jet over the White House? As it was, they scrambled last minute and the jet did fly over the White House, something that should NEVER have happened UNLESS it was determined without a doubt by that point that there was no risk of an actual attack.


57 posted on 06/05/2023 11:04:17 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: Political Junkie Too

look at the flight path. The original flight path had turns. the auto pilot was following way points. when it reached the final waypoint, it didn’t know where to go, so it stayed on the last path.
Also, the citation is single pilot certified, so a single pilot incapacitated, would be an issue. As a former corporate pilot, I will never understand why someone would spend millions for the jet and then not pay for two pilots.


58 posted on 06/05/2023 11:09:48 AM PDT by Tex52
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: thefactor

Have you always been this sensitive or is it only since you transitioned?


59 posted on 06/05/2023 11:10:20 AM PDT by Boomer (The biden regime / identity politics is a clear and present threat to this constitutional republic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: Boomer; thefactor

So Boomer, how long have you had this cognitive bias of your exaggerated IQ? Have you been diagnosed with The Dunning–Kruger effect? Doctors may be able to help you if they catch it early.


60 posted on 06/05/2023 11:10:43 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I was going to start procrastinating this year, I just haven't got around to it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-96 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson