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Old 24th Aug 2012, 09:18
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Pittsextra
 
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Although it does say 2700 hours on "Ghost", it also says 2700 hours on type - he also owned and frequently flew and raced a fairly stock P-51D "Cloud Dancer".

RARA paperwork, not FAA documents, errors rather than a deliberate fiction I'd suggest - probably reused old forms and forgot to update some info and put the wrong data in another box. Can't really see it as of particular relevance to the accident, just a small fact that the NTSB noted.
Maybe but what all of this shows is the mind set.

I'm not sure how a 74 year old becomes 59 when you have to physically fill the form out - or you do 13500hrs, 2500hrs on type, in that actual aircraft - its all just a farce.

How is it really any different from these idiots who claim to be pilots when all they have done is Microsoft flight sim! Or the PPL (H) who applies to fly the Police EC145?

Has anyone seen his logbook? And if he is happy to blag his experience on the entry form, are his log book entries accurate? When he signed to say he had tested the Ghost with its current modifications - was the true or another fantasy?

What this shows is a complete disregard for the organisation at the very least. He was vein enough to feel the need to make false entries with regard to his age and flying experience.

Sadly this idiot didn't just wipe himself out but a great many others.
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