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It's a fair cop...
Posted by Lynn on Fri Apr 05, 2002 12:14:27 PM
In reply top Re: The is no pure and simple in life. posted by david J burke on Thu Apr 04, 2002 05:31:46 PM
From my admittedly very distant point of view, distraction does seem to be the overriding factor... indeed, no one can put themselves in the pilot's place, but given the info as stated in the report, it looks as though the gent had fallen behind due to that first "departure", and was doing his best to get back in the groove, so to speak. In doing so, it APPEARS (no guarantees here) that he may have lost track of his airspeed. He was a very experienced pilot, no doubt, but even Jeff Ethell wound up paying for a momentary indiscretion with his life... at the end of the day, it's still a terribly sad loss all around.
All the best,
lynn