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Old 3rd Jun 2017, 01:53
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Pilot DAR
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Sadly, the wrong field chose two of my friends today. We don't know why they did not either continue to fly (if they had power), or land straight ahead (where there was lots of room for a normal landing). The only facts right now is that the plan is mangled off the side of the departure end of a 6000 foot runway, with a 2000 foot over run, and two friends have died. It was trainer/trainee on a type new to the trainee. The trainer was highly experienced on type, as a spray pilot, and as a test pilot.

I hope I can learn something from this sadness one day, but for now I just know that the wrong field chose them the wrong way.
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