I know storms passed through the area a few days ago. Anyone know what the weather was like at the time of their trip? My family lives just south of Flathead lake, not far north of the National Bison Range. Its varied terrain but the eastern part is relatively treeless with plenty of places to set down.
I know its poor form to guess what happened but other news reports raise plenty of red flags about the pilots decision making skills.
A Federal Aviation Administration pilot database lists a Sonny J. Kless who is a convicted felon. A man by that name was sentenced for robbery in Wyoming in December 2003. According to Missoulian files, a man named Sonny Kless has registered as a violent offender three separate times since 2005 at three separate addresses in the Missoula area.
"Janelle Gentry of Kalispell, Kless' mother, said her son, the recent UM grad, had obtained his pilot's license about a year ago and had flown the Glacier-Flathead River loop several times. She confirmed that her son was the same Sonny Kless who served time for holding up an Elk Mountain, Wyo., gas station in 2003. Kless donned a ski mask and used a shotgun to rob the Conoco station, but later pleaded guilty, telling a judge, "We all make mistakes in life, but the biggest can be failing to take responsibility."
There were also eyewitness reports of a blue and white airplane skimming treetops at low level. Its tragic that three people trusted thier lives to this ass clown.
