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[article] Wife lands plane after husband dies

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  • #2
    squonk
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,301 Mod ✭✭✭✭squonk


    Lazy sub-editing! Let's just get a picture of any old plane, even a Jet Airliner and use that instead of trying to track down a good one of the actual aircraft model involved!


  • #3
    Morpheus
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Morpheus


    small update, landed on one engine and the nose wheel buckled.

    http://www.metro.co.uk/news/895148-widow-80-lands-plane-safely-after-pilot-husband-dies-at-controls


  • #4
    Speedy199
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭Speedy199


    Must of been a horrible experience. Tragedy about her husband. Thank god she is safe now


  • #5
    poiuytsam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭poiuytsam


    She must be a very cool woman , her dead husband beside her , unable to move him , super cool


  • #6
    David086
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭David086


    81 and he was still flying? :eek:


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  • #7
    poiuytsam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭poiuytsam


    Yes completely legal , he is probably doing 2 medicals a year also ! and it was a twin so he probably flying IFR also , so a check ride every year !


  • #8
    xflyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭xflyer


    He only had a third class medical. That would have lasted for two years at his age unless the FAA had insisted on more restricted terms.

    As for his IR, he would only have to have meet the experience requirements as laid down in the FAR.

    His mistake I'm afraid was to attemt to fly back when he felt unwell instead of going to a Doctor. A lesson for any pilot of any age.


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