not a good week to be a pilot (more crashes)
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montanapilot
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oh man thats awful Aloft. I ll be keepin your family in my prayers.
mtsu_av8er
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Corporate Airlines...
Is that the former Corporate Express that operated a bunch of Eagle/Flagship's old Jetscreams? Lots of the Flagship guys left Eagle to go there when they started up because they didn't want to leave BNA.
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That's the one....based right here at Smyrna...
Corporate Airlines...
Is that the former Corporate Express that operated a bunch of Eagle/Flagship's old Jetscreams? Lots of the Flagship guys left Eagle to go there when they started up because they didn't want to leave BNA.
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That's the one....based right here at Smyrna...
FlyChicaga
Vintage Restoration
Aloft,
My prayers go out to you and your family.
Same for the crew and passengers of this flight.
My prayers go out to you and your family.
Same for the crew and passengers of this flight.
TheShortOne
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dude, i'm really sorry to hear about your sister, you both are in my thoughts.
if you or your family need anything feel free to let john or i know
if you or your family need anything feel free to let john or i know
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Extremely sorry about your sister Aloft. My prayers are with you and your family. It is hard to loose a loved one. I lost an uncle just this year. Time will heal.
av8trxx
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They say that bad things happen in threes.
Let's hope this is the last one. God, I really hope so.
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Corp Ex is number 5 near as I can figure. The 747 in Halifax, CRJ in Jefferson, PA-28 in Oregon and Sean deRosi at the Miramar Airshow. Yes, it has been a bad week...
They say that bad things happen in threes.
Let's hope this is the last one. God, I really hope so.
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Corp Ex is number 5 near as I can figure. The 747 in Halifax, CRJ in Jefferson, PA-28 in Oregon and Sean deRosi at the Miramar Airshow. Yes, it has been a bad week...
montanapilot
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Corp Ex is number 5 near as I can figure. The 747 in Halifax, CRJ in Jefferson, PA-28 in Oregon and Sean deRosi at the Miramar Airshow. Yes, it has been a bad week...
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+ the couple that was killed in the Baron
Corp Ex is number 5 near as I can figure. The 747 in Halifax, CRJ in Jefferson, PA-28 in Oregon and Sean deRosi at the Miramar Airshow. Yes, it has been a bad week...
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+ the couple that was killed in the Baron
darrenf
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They say that bad things happen in threes.
Let's hope this is the last one. God, I really hope so.
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Nope....I learned this morning that my (younger) sister just passed away unexpectedly, so Depeche Mode was right: death is everywhere--for the moment, anyway. As they say in craps theory, random distribution of random events.
Man, life sucks right about now.
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My condolences man, prayers are with you and your family now.
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They say that bad things happen in threes.
Let's hope this is the last one. God, I really hope so.
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Nope....I learned this morning that my (younger) sister just passed away unexpectedly, so Depeche Mode was right: death is everywhere--for the moment, anyway. As they say in craps theory, random distribution of random events.
Man, life sucks right about now.
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My condolences man, prayers are with you and your family now.
Ecl!pse
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Aloft- I'm very sorry to hear your loss. You and your family will be in my prayers. Don't hesitate to ask for help here man, we have you covered.
As for the crash-- here is a link about it in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Post-Gazette Article On Crash
As for the crash-- here is a link about it in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Post-Gazette Article On Crash
avi8tor
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Aloft- Sorry to hear about you loss if you need anything don't hesitate to get a hold of me.
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Corp Ex is number 5 near as I can figure.
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Last week thursday an aircraft crashed just southeast of JOT making six accidents in 5 days hopefully there won't be anymore.
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Corp Ex is number 5 near as I can figure.
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Last week thursday an aircraft crashed just southeast of JOT making six accidents in 5 days hopefully there won't be anymore.
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Truthfully, are you guys REALLY suprised about a few accidents in a week? I mean take a look at this. This is the NTSB accident list for June of 1990. Look at how many aircraft accidents/incidents occur in ONE DAY.
What's going on now is nothing new and nothing that should surprise you.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=6&year=1990
What's going on now is nothing new and nothing that should surprise you.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=6&year=1990
aloft
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Re: Well, that just SUCKS!
Wow. I sooo wasn't expecting such a response. You guys & gals are simply awesome. Thank you.
I guess I shouldn't say her passing was entirely unexpected, she was a kidney transplant recipient back in 1990 and the transplanted organ failed a few years ago, so she'd been battling associated complications for some time. Nevertheless, there was nothing leading up to it, no indication that she was near the end. One of the saddest aspects of it all is that yesterday was her 36th birthday, which will also be her official date of death.
Wow. I sooo wasn't expecting such a response. You guys & gals are simply awesome. Thank you.
I guess I shouldn't say her passing was entirely unexpected, she was a kidney transplant recipient back in 1990 and the transplanted organ failed a few years ago, so she'd been battling associated complications for some time. Nevertheless, there was nothing leading up to it, no indication that she was near the end. One of the saddest aspects of it all is that yesterday was her 36th birthday, which will also be her official date of death.
hammer
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There's been a 747, an RJ, and now a J-31 all destroyed in the past week in devastating crashes. Not considering September 11, I can't remember the last time three planes of that magnitude went down in North America in separate crashes in such a short period of time.
If the 747 that crashed in Nova Scotia and Northwest RJ were full of passengers, the American Connection flight that went down last night would have immediately turned this trend into the lead story for every news broadcast in the country. The fact is that high body counts sell. But instead, because these three planes only had 25 people on board between the three of them (as opposed to the 600-700 that they could have potentially seated), it is instead a coincidental trend that only aviation people have noticed.
We should consider ourselves lucky. Not only because the loss of life was relatively low but also because press like that would only further harm the industry. Airlines are suffering enough right now ... the last thing they need is a lot of press coverage about "why so many planes are crashing" and interviews with people at the airport about "whether or not they are afraid to get on their flight."
If the 747 that crashed in Nova Scotia and Northwest RJ were full of passengers, the American Connection flight that went down last night would have immediately turned this trend into the lead story for every news broadcast in the country. The fact is that high body counts sell. But instead, because these three planes only had 25 people on board between the three of them (as opposed to the 600-700 that they could have potentially seated), it is instead a coincidental trend that only aviation people have noticed.
We should consider ourselves lucky. Not only because the loss of life was relatively low but also because press like that would only further harm the industry. Airlines are suffering enough right now ... the last thing they need is a lot of press coverage about "why so many planes are crashing" and interviews with people at the airport about "whether or not they are afraid to get on their flight."