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Blind Squirrel
15th Sep 2012, 14:36
Words to live by: fly the aeroplane; have the passenger drop the toilet paper...
Pilot Dies In Plane Crash After Dropping Rolls Of Toilet Paper Over GOP Gathering « CBS Seattle (http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/09/11/idaho-plane-that-crashed-was-dropping-toilet-paper/)
Pilot.Lyons
21st Sep 2012, 17:02
Well thats a bit crap isnt it
waveskimmer
21st Sep 2012, 17:17
It was Bushes fault :suspect:
They must have been having a sh*t day....
Maoraigh1
21st Sep 2012, 20:44
He was probably trying to cut the paper with a wing as it fell, and got into a spin. Not an uncommon exercise. Not a happening that I find suitable for humour.
(Apart from the choice of stock pic to illustrate)
Sir George Cayley
21st Sep 2012, 22:20
Low numbers of posts from our fellow Ppruners.
Guys, it might be seen as distasteful to make humorous comments about a death.
If you don't see that, imagine the deceased was a relative. There is room here for gallows humour but until you get the subtlety of when it's appropriate I'd reflect before you post.
SGC
Pilot.Lyons
22nd Sep 2012, 07:11
I wasnt moking the death and i suspect other were not either.
But this is what pprunne is like..........
Bring on the onslaught
Maoraigh1
29th Sep 2012, 22:48
Is this the accident? Nothing to do with toilet rolls.
WPR12LA410 (http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120910X71500&key=1)
grounded27
30th Sep 2012, 04:54
Low numbers of posts from our fellow Ppruners.
Guys, it might be seen as distasteful to make humorous comments about a death.
If you don't see that, imagine the deceased was a relative. There is room here for gallows humour but until you get the subtlety of when it's appropriate I'd reflect before you post.
SGC
Hell, thousands of people die daily as a result of apathy, hatrid and neglect. One idiot does not scar my moral compass.
Is this the accident? Nothing to do with toilet rolls.
WPR12LA410 (http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120910X71500&key=1)Seems to be the case. Maybe the NTSB was too embarrassed to write about toilet paper and upgraded it to "leaflets". Well, under the circumstances they do convey a message too, don't they? Just like leaflets, which can also be used for the other purpose when nothing else is available. :E
On a serious note, not a good idea to be doing aerial work while also acting as PIC, loss of situational awareness is just around the corner. Condolences to all involved.
Ciao,
Dg800