A Near Tragedy
This story comes from Carrie, who runs the Moon Connection. I have nothing to add.
Ex-Wife air crash story
Some of you may know my ex-wife, Judy. She had started taking flying lessons about the time our divorce started (1975) and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that same year. Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting when she was forced to make an emergency landing in Southern Tennessee because of bad weather. Some could call it a crash; an accident at the least. Our kids were with me at the Beach House this weekend.
National Transportation Safety Board officials have issued a preliminary determination citing pilot error contributed to the accident, and Judy was flying a single engine aircraft (a basic model, at best) in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.
The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to insufficient fuel on board. No one on the ground was injured.
Photographs below were taken at the scene show the extent of damage to her aircraft.
She was very lucky.
If it were a Mazda, it would go broom broom broom.
Sorry.
posted by Tramp at
Friday, August 04, 2006
4 Comments:
That's a long way to go for a "my wife is a witch" joke.
The trip was worth it, though.
Crap! I was in a hurry and put the punchline first.
I think it works better like this.
And Pete, you got here too late for two of my best (worst?) jokes.
The classic six joke.
http://trampsriverbank.blogspot.com/2006/04/six-joke.html
And the best blonde joke ever.
http://trampsriverbank.blogspot.com/2006/06/carrie-and-best-blonde-joke.html
It's at the bottom.
That is a good one.
And it sounded so serious...
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