Salute!
Dammit all. I am running outta nickels to throw on the grass, and I ain't making light of this one. This recent string of bad things is unusual except in war, and I saw that on two tours.
Went thru this in 1983-84 ( 4 pilot error in an 18 month period, three my age and experience) and stopped going to memorial services except for one of my C-flight buddies that died in 2008.
So hold your goblets steady
For we come from a brotherhood that flies
Here's a toast to the dead already
And a low, fast pass for the next man that dies
Gums sends...