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17 ans, ''presque pilote'' on emprunte un avion... hélas l' histoire se finit mal !



Unlicensed Teen Flying Twin That Crashed: Report


An unlicensed 17-year-old was reportedly at the controls of what the the Associated Press is reporting was a Piper PA30 Twin Comanche that crashed Tuesday evening in Alabama killing him and his two teenaged passengers.

AP is also reporting that Sherrie Smith, the mother of Jordan Smith, who was flying the twin, said he had a key to the plane, the access code to the airport gate and that the owner of the aircraft, who was not identified, had let him fly the Comanche many times previously. She also told AP that her son was "one test" short of earning a private license.


Smith took off from Walker County Airport in Jasper, northwest of Birmingham, about 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday. It was overcast with a low ceiling AP quoted the unidentified airport manager as saying. The aircraft crashed less than a mile away in a wooded area. Also killed were Brandon Tyler Ary, 19, and Jordan Seth Montgovery, 17.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/us/al ... .html?_r=2&

source : http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/a ... tml#207948

Il y avait eu presque la mème chose à LFRK il y a plus de 15 ans.......

Triste histoire, surtout pour les 2 autres et leur familles..
En lisant cela je me demandais quel age avait Mathias Rust et si il avait une licence quand il a fait son vol épique vers Moscou en 97.
Je tapais sur google et j'ai trouve cela,avec un interview de lui aujourd'hui.
Tres interesant : http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-f ... c=y&page=8

Oui, enfin, là, dans le cas de l'accident du PA30, je partage la peine des familles concernées, mais à mes yeux ce n'est que du Darwin Award....