Sorry man. Never a good day when you hear things like this. The community is here for you if you need us.
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This.
Sorry man. Never a good day when you hear things like this. The community is here for you if you need us.
There are some of us who are local, as well. @Derg, @MikeD, @Maximillian_Jenius along with myself are local. There are a few whom I am forgetting. Give us a shout if you need anything. My condolences.
We are very sorry to hear this news. Please let us know if you need anything from us.
There are some of us who are local, as well. Derg, MikeD, Maximillian_Jenius along with myself are local. There are a few whom I am forgetting. Give us a shout if you need anything. My condolences.
Looking at Pilot980 's profile, his birthday would have been in 4 days. Terrible.
Absolutely.
And we've been down this road far too many times.
We have some tools to help you through losing a friend to aviation.
The absolute best thing you can do is charge forward, learn all you can from the accident and fold those lessons into your flying.
Words cannot describe how I feel everytime I read about a fellow aviator passing away in an accident. Call me sentimental but sometimes I find myself tearing up when reading about these accidents knowing full well that I have been extremely blessed flying through questionable weather, doing dumb things when I was naive and low time, and flat out lucky when the chips were down (ie engines failing). Mr. Gann was certainly wiser than I will ever be when he titled his book "Fate is the Hunter". I hope each and every one of us can make peace with our own mortality. RIP
I've said it before: When your number is up, your number is up. Could happen anywhere, doing anything; and there's really nothing you can do about it. The grim reaper of aviation WILL come and take you away at a time and place of his choosing, and he does so with neither prejudice, nor favoritism.