Today, 61 years ago the NYT frontpage headline was about another person of Irish descent flying a single-engined plane from the NYC area. Due to mechanical failure, his compass broke and his backup compass froze 180 degrees off, he wound up in Dublin rather than California. The feds suspended his license blaming the problem on operator error not unlike blaming TWA 800 on mechanical failure rather than a missile which any number of people saw. This changed his name from Doug to Wrongway. It is time the feds came clean and gave back Doug his good name - even though he died 12/95 at 88. His $300 Curtis Robin plane should be displayed in the Smithsonian alongside Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, which Doug help build. A statue is in order. And the feds should also come clean and restore the good name of James Sanders and find out what happened to TWA 800. The JFK, Jr. crash is also being mishandled by many of you, in my opinion. Everyone is too quick to jump on blaming the crash on operator error rather than mechanical failure. Again! Unlike TWA 800, there are no eyewitnesses so an answer can only be determined from failure analysis of the wreck, when found. The NTSB is imminently qualified for this task. The only apparent political problem appears to be between the Kennedy family and Piper. Unlike the Ted incident long ago, the investigation must be open and honest. As must the TWA 800 investigation be. It is wrong to accuse one of manslaughter with no evidence - even a dead one. And that's all I know about that. Stan
