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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (68181)	7/18/1999 5:01:00 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

I refuse to fly in single engine planes, on principle. A good friend just bought a Katana but there's no way i'm going up in it without a parachute!

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (68181)	7/18/1999 5:06:00 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Bill, >>My intital reaction to this is he was a low-time pilot flying a powerful, complex, unfamiliar airplane, at night over water, with a 1-degree temperature/dewpoint spread, without an instrument rating.<< Not to mention he still had his foot in a cast (removable)...I was just speaking to a friend of mine who is an acquaintance of the Bessette's and she is quite angry that he flew at all. It was certainly a lapse in judgement... bp

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (68181)	7/18/1999 5:43:00 PM
From: 16yearcycle	Respond to of 164684

I've deleted this twice but I think I'll go ahead. I married into a family of commercial and military pilots. I am pretty close to a minimum of 15 of these individuals through family and their friends. One is known around the world. They are the most amazing people I have ever known; an incredible combination of toughness, realism and cool under pressure. I have seen one endure incredible pain after an auto accident paralyzed him. He never even showed any sign of being discouraged, suffereing through 12 months of set backs and rehab. It is actually somewhat embarrassing to be a mere mortal amongst these special people. I have to believe that these types of things almost always occur due to a lack of respect for how good a good pilot really is, and the pilots overconfidence. It makes it doubly worse when others die due to your mistake. That may not be what happened in this incident, but it does occur. There are alternatives, like netjets, so that those with money can have access to a private plane, but have a safer and cheaper way to go.

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (68181)	7/18/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: McNabb Brothers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

William, I have noticed that KISSYPUTS&CALLS has tried twice to get your attention and you have reframed! Do you not feel so much better and not so stressed knowing you can blow him off. Like I said before life is way too short for people like KISSYPUTS&CALLS to get me down. You never know he or she or it may come around and begin to tell the truth and be able to contribute to this thread but it is very doubtful. I think the protest that all of you are giving him is beginning to work on him, for he is trying to make civil postings to you. Keep up the good work William it will pay off in many many ways! Life is like a box of chocolates to me in that I love everyone one of them! Hank

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (68181)	7/18/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

There was a "private pilot" who took off alone a few mos ago from a town near me. He was an internationlly-known glass blower. Plane has not been seen since. No flight plan was filed, although it was assumed he was flying to his place in vermont. Phoned-in leads led cops to search all over the place, a few different areas, nowhere near each other, confirming the fact that nobody had any idea where this guy was going, nor had any radar data confirmed any last flight pattern on the guy. He had 20 yrs flying experience. IMO, you are more likely to be crashed down upon by someone like JFK Jr. or my glassblower, than you are to be struck by lightning. These "private pilots" go down all over the place, every week, and nobody cares. Victor