Didn’t a young gal try this a few years ago and died in a plane crash doing it.
At the time i thought rules were being changed so it would not be done again.
“Didn’t a young gal try this a few years ago and died in a plane crash doing it.”
That is correct. I forget her age. 9 years or there about?
According the autopsies, at the time the plane got into trouble (bad weather?), the pilot flying with her was at the controls as evidenced by the way the bones were broken.
That was an awful thing they had this child do which ended in her death.
You are referring to Jessica Dubroff. She crashed in a thunderstorm, taking off from a high elevation airport in a plane at or over it’s max gross take-off weight. A recipe for disaster.
These young ladies are not the pilot in command. They might be manipulating the controls, but they are not in charge of the aircraft.
“At the time i thought rules were being changed so it would not be done again.”
I don’t think any rules were changed. If you’re inexperienced, nieve, lacking in judgement, or stupid you’re more likely to die. That’s always been true.
The air doesn’t care. It doesn’t issue you a handicap based on your color or age.
Correction. She was 7 years old.
Yes, but the hazard was not the young flyer. The instructor who flew with her had complete control at all times, but was well known as one who took unreasonable risks. They died, shortly after take-off, in a situation with multiple risk factors. This was entirely the fault of the instructor / safety pilot.