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First lady of SR-71 killed
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| Tuesday, September 20, 2005.
| ALLISON GATLIN
Posted on 09/20/2005 11:56:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Puppage
John Denver all over again. Don't be ridiculous.....Denver was drunk.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:17:40 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Why does John McCain always look like a mule eating cockleburs?)
To: BenLurkin
home-built Even pro's shouldn't be flying these kit planes.
RIP.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:17:50 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
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To: Puppage
Denver's pilot error had nothing to do with the worthiness of Burt Rutan's design.
To: Dashing Dasher
Please accept my condolences to you and yours in this loss. It seems it is a small world indeed. Marta was known to me and my crew through my line of work only.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:19:28 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: StrangerInParadise
Personally, I would kind of like to see what the beer drinking fools would design!Junkyard Wars was a show based on that kind of logic.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:20:07 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
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To: StrangerInParadise
Have you seen what the Giles is designed to do?
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:20:18 PM PDT
by
GBA
To: Dashing Dasher
Condolences for losing your friend.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:20:31 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Puppage
Hey!
There's nothing wrong with an amatuer-built aircraft!
And most aircraft will fly fine without a canopy... I fear this may wind up as pilot error - getting distracted at the worst possible time - vertical and fairly low and out of airspeed
OTOH, considering this lady's skill, the departing canopy could have damaged the empenage and made recovery impossible.
Only the FAA final will tell the tale, and perhaps not even then.
- Mike (200 hour RV-6)
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:21:21 PM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Let the embeds check the bodies!)
To: GBA
I would not know a Giles from a Jeeves. Both sound like good names for butlers, though.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:21:37 PM PDT
by
StrangerInParadise
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To: Puppage
Comparing Marta Bohn-Meyer with John Denver is comparable to analogizing a soap box derby competition vehicle with a NASCAR competition vehicle. Both have four wheels but the differences are important.
True, her plane was a "home-built" but built by two of the brightest minds in aviation.
My first flight instructor summed it up when he asked me, on the way to the place, "Son, do you know the price of flying sometimes is dying?"
She extended the envelope so that others could benefit.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:21:49 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
("In a society predicated upon liberty, it is essential to examine principles)
To: BenLurkin
I will garan-stinkin-dang-t-ya it was a bigger rush to fly the Blackbird than anything else on Earth.
To: Puppage
Understood. I just posed a question in a slightly different reference.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:22:17 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I was at Reno and Debbie Rihn Harvey - another amazing female aviator and member of many World Aerobatic Teams from the USA came over to me and asked me if I was done racing for the day - and I said, yes.
She then told me about Marta. It definitely put my bad luck over the weekend into perspective.
Thank you to all who are offering your kind words on this thread and in private.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:23:49 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Fly Low, Fly Fast, Turn Left! --- --- --- It's over - I'm home with my trophy and my memories!)
To: grobdriver
It is believed she was rendered unconscious when the canopy flew off, according to the IAC Web site. And then there's this which I missed on the first read...
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:24:40 PM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Let the embeds check the bodies!)
To: Osage Orange
" Don't be ridiculous.....Denver was drunk."
Was he drunk the day he died? People make mistakes and it's not hard to get behind the curve especially when flying.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:25:32 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Puppage
"Home built...no thanks!" Your comment certainly expresses your opinion, but not much else. This isn't name calling; I don't know if you're stupid. But, your comment was. And it's not John Denver all over again.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:26:31 PM PDT
by
GBA
To: newzjunkey
" Even pro's shouldn't be flying these kit planes."
Bullshit! There's absolutely nothing wrong with a well designed kit plane. Many of them are actually sturdier and faster than GA aircraft.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:27:57 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Puppage
John Denver all over again. Denver died because he was a stupid pilot, not because of the airplane.
The fuel selector was behind him, and he was low on fuel, and doing practice touch and goes on a sea side airport with rock cliffs below.
The fuel selector had a broken handle, and he borrowed a pair of vice grips from the airport to turn the handle. The airplane ran out of fuel in one tank and the engine stopped just after take off. The engine never restarted, and the assumption is that he couldn't get the vice grips to turn the handle that was behind him in time.
He should have fixed the handle. And he should have not allowed a tank to run dry in the pattern, particularly at such a dangerous airport location.
Stupid pilot, not a problem with the airplane.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:30:07 PM PDT
by
narby
To: Fierce Allegiance
"or some union schlock who has no stake other than a paycheck"
For airplanes I'll choose the union guy.
Theres alot that goes into to manufacturing and building. A factory that just builds airplanes is probably pretty good at it; union guys or no union guys.
Our aerospace manufacturing capacity is the best.
Pilots know how to fly but that doesn't mean that they are good metal workers, etc.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:30:33 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
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No bicycle, but she still qualifies for the vaulted SpankenTruppen hall of fame.
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posted on
09/20/2005 12:31:26 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(As an Engineer, you too can control the awesome power of the Ductalator.)
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