darrenf
resident denizen
Supposedly this plane was sold just 2 weeks ago.
Story here...
http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/...2&spJobID=281097554&spReportId=MjgxMDk3NTU0S0
Piper Aerostar crash, or, Don't do stupid things in airplanes.
- Thread starter darrenf
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Supposedly this plane was sold just 2 weeks ago.
Story here...
http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/...2&spJobID=281097554&spReportId=MjgxMDk3NTU0S0
Vector4Food
This job would be easier without all the airplanes
Stupid people kill themselves doing stupid things.
Rich stupid people do it in airplanes.
Rich stupid people do it in airplanes.
A Life Aloft
Well-Known Member
Good grief....
"A pilot killed in a small plane crash near Blackstone Country Club in Douglas County Wednesday has been identified as Gregory Dirk Pelley, of Englewood, the Douglas County Coroner's Office said.
According to the Coroner's Office, the 53-year-old died from multiple blunt force injuries when the Piper Aerostar 601P he was flying crashed near Otero Drive and East Phillips Place in unincorporated Douglas County, just southeast of Aurora.
He was a pilot at Frontier. A Frontier employee told 9NEWS that Gregory Dirk Pelley was a pilot with the airline.
The Frontier employee says Pelley bought the plane around two weeks ago. The employee says Pelley was tinkering with the plane just days before the crash.
Former NTSB investigator Greg Feith says the video of the Pelley flying low and doing tricks raise some red flags.
"It is a populated area. [There are] very nice homes there. It may be that he was flying the aircraft over [a] friends [home], and whatever maneuver he tried to execute he was unable to do it."
He said the Pelley's maneuvers violated FAA regulations, because the plane was too close to homes. Feith also said the plane was too large for some of the tricks the pilot performed.
"One of the things investigators are going to look at is to see if he over-stressed any part of the air frame or the flight controls," he said. "He may have during the course of trying to pull up broken a part of the airplane off that affected his ability to control the airplane."
The Frontier employee says the plane Pelley was flying was designed to do aerobatics. The employee says Pelley was one of the airline's best pilots. The employee said flying was his passion."
Sad, sad mess. Thoughts with his family. Damn.
"A pilot killed in a small plane crash near Blackstone Country Club in Douglas County Wednesday has been identified as Gregory Dirk Pelley, of Englewood, the Douglas County Coroner's Office said.
According to the Coroner's Office, the 53-year-old died from multiple blunt force injuries when the Piper Aerostar 601P he was flying crashed near Otero Drive and East Phillips Place in unincorporated Douglas County, just southeast of Aurora.
He was a pilot at Frontier. A Frontier employee told 9NEWS that Gregory Dirk Pelley was a pilot with the airline.
The Frontier employee says Pelley bought the plane around two weeks ago. The employee says Pelley was tinkering with the plane just days before the crash.
Former NTSB investigator Greg Feith says the video of the Pelley flying low and doing tricks raise some red flags.
"It is a populated area. [There are] very nice homes there. It may be that he was flying the aircraft over [a] friends [home], and whatever maneuver he tried to execute he was unable to do it."
He said the Pelley's maneuvers violated FAA regulations, because the plane was too close to homes. Feith also said the plane was too large for some of the tricks the pilot performed.
"One of the things investigators are going to look at is to see if he over-stressed any part of the air frame or the flight controls," he said. "He may have during the course of trying to pull up broken a part of the airplane off that affected his ability to control the airplane."
The Frontier employee says the plane Pelley was flying was designed to do aerobatics. The employee says Pelley was one of the airline's best pilots. The employee said flying was his passion."
Sad, sad mess. Thoughts with his family. Damn.
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gotWXdagain
Polished Member
"Cause, you know, if he'd gone down in the ghetto nobody would care"
fholbert
Mod's - Please don't edit my posts!
Since when?
SurferLucas
Southern Gentleman
Some are just better at using hoovers...
eightballfreight
Mission accomplished
Eh, you are free to kill yourself all day long in my book.
Don't care.
Don't care.
A Life Aloft
Well-Known Member
I didn't write the words....just copied and pasted them from the online article in the local newspaper there. People make a lot of odd comments and get quoted by the media after something like this happens.
fholbert
Mod's - Please don't edit my posts!
No, making fun of article.
Inverted
mmmmmm wine
Hell yes
Gonzo
Well-Known Member
Or for some people YORO
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
You're only as good as your last landing. Uh, so to speak.
trafficinsight
Well-Known Member
Thou shalt not try things you saw Jimmy Franklin do once
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