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Pastimes : John F. Kennedy, Jr. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Moneysmith who wrote (20)	7/20/1999 11:10:00 PM
From: Sr K	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 440

If they don't find the bodies, this will get interesting. Imagine, that Carolyn had gotten pregnant and she and JFK decided to "escape" the public eye. They planned the apparent excursion to look like a crash, getting off at some point between NJ and Long Island, storing parts of another plane, headrest and baggage, to be dumped by the replacement stunt pilot, who ejected before letting the Piper crash at speeds not explainable if passengers were still inside. Could it be a great diversionary tactic?

To: Moneysmith who wrote (20)	7/24/1999 12:06:00 AM
From: Fredman	Respond to of 440

As much as we all admired Jr., i don't think anybody can disagree.<eom>

To: Moneysmith who wrote (20)	7/24/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: Scrumpy	Respond to of 440

Moneysmith... you ramble. You've never driven over 55 mph? Coasted through a stop sign? Sailed on or captained a boat without a life vest? Do you cross streets only at the corner and when the sign says "Walk"? When you drive, do you always know when you're about to enter fog, rain or haze? All of what he did on the night of this accident was well within FAA preflight rules. By all accounts he was underconfident, and had performed night flying in the past. Filing a flight plan, though good practice, isn't always required and most certainly would not have affected the outcome of his flight. The same can be said about lifevests and parachutes, for that matter. The "broken foot" quip is subterfuge and speculation, as it didn't affect his take-off and subsequent flight. But even if he had more experience than he did, those resentful of the Kennedys, celebrity or the well-to-do for that matter, would have attributed this accident to some other spurious cause such as "wreckless flying", a "curse", or something "deserved" because of this or that. Until the cause of the crash can be determined and even afterwards, most will remember John as another youthful Kennedy who died prematurely alongside his beautiful wife and sister inlaw in a horrible airplane accident. Many associations with John are by adults who remember a time when a young, charming American president, his wife and two children brought youth to a nation and charmed the world and, for the most part, scandal free. Most will associate John with his father in an unfortunate succession of stolen promise, regardless of what that "promise" might be. Most will remember John and his wife as another unfinished chapter in the Kennedy legacy. Most, including myself, will simply remember the Kennedy family as one which has borne unspeakable loss; loss we hope we'll never have to personally endure.