No, but one of Al Hawvers friends was flying Al's plane and had a Heart attack. The landing gear bar was the only surviving part. Good plane, good pilot with an unlnown medical problem., BRS would not have helped. It is a risk, accept it, Virg
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:19:45 -0700 (PDT) Ron Smith <[email protected]> writes: > The death of Steve Jones has me thinking hard. When I look at how > many deaths have occured in experimental aircraft and compare that > to the number of experimental aircraft that have been completed and > flown, it seems to me that our "hobby" is quite risky. > > I'm ok with that. > > Also I factor in that guys like Steve Jones are very intelligent > folks, meticulous, and thoughtful. > > > I wonder why we build these small planes without BRS devices. That 3 > thousand dollars seem to me to be very cheap insurance. > > Now I know alot of guys will come out of the wood works and say that > "as long as you get the nose down, and fly the plane, etc etc" > > I'm sure Steve knew to do all those things. He is gone. > > > Am I all wrong in my thinking? > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl
