Posted on 09/29/2023 11:44:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The husband of Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola was ferrying more than 500 pounds of moose and antlers from a remote hunting camp in Alaska when his small plane crashed shortly after takeoff earlier this month, officials said.
Eugene Peltola Jr., 57, the sole person aboard the Piper PA-18, was found conscious but died at the scene after it crashed Sept. 12 near the village of St. Mary’s, some 500 miles west of Fairbanks, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its initial report Thursday.
Two days before the crash, Peltola took five hunters, a guide and equipment from Holy Cross to a site about 80 miles northwest of the community, where they set up camp next to a landing strip.
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Not really. Technically horsepower only determines rate of climb.
A moose once bit my sister...
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge—her brother-in-law— an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: “The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink”...
Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...
So Ferry
Cross the Moosey
‘Cause this land’s the place I love
And here I’ll stay
I can think of worse ideas ... like loading up so much moose-meat that you’re over max gross emergency takeoff weight. At some point, the combination of engine power, wing geometry, weight, and weather conditions conspire to say “You ain’t flyin’ today, Bubba!”
“I shot the moose, but the moose won”
“I shot the moose, but the moose won”
The hunter pilot clearly didn’t understand the ABC’s of flight. No loss. Hope some higher predators get to feed on his carcass.
Consider a long cylindrical moose carcass
“The hunters caught a moose...”
Doing what?..................
Cd =2.0....................
It shows how the other half lives in a different world. I would take fewer chances as I got older. I’d enjoy my money not use it to live life on the edge. Think that Titanic explorer from a couple months ago.
Huh ... that’s an interesting wrinkle.
Was it stupidity, or was it MURDER?
“Ron White had his own catchphrase. He would end a joke about someone doing something dumb by saying, “You can’t fix stupid!” He often would add, “You can’t fix stupid. There’s not a pill you can take, or a class you can go to.”
Hi.
Obviously the moose bit the pilot, but did the moose bite the pilot’s sister?
5.56mm
Darn, the Aircraft forgot to hold it’s breath and puff-up it’s wings for more lifting surface.
Likely the only way we’ll ever know is if we succeed in restoring our republic.
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