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Old 12-24-2008, 16:26   #12
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Originally Posted by MAB32 View Post
This was also the same type of aircraft that JFKJr. went down in.

http://boston.com/news/packages/jfkjr/plane_globe.htm

It sounds like a hard plane to fly if you are not prepared to keep busy in the cockpit.
It's a very easy aircraft to fly. And that leads to overconfidence in pilots with low time who, too quickly, transition to a "complex" a/c. That's probably what got John, Jr. in trouble. Well, that and the fact that Uncle Teddy had him knocked off because Junior said that, if he were president, he'd lower taxes like his dad did.

Just trying to stay true to Richard's thread title.

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