Thursday, October 23, 2008

FLIGHT SCHOOL

My ex-wife started taking flying lessons about the time our divorce started 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 Western Iowa because of bad weather. Thank God our kids were with me at the cabin this weekend.
The NTSB issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: She was flying a single engine aircraft 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.

2 comments:

Paula said...

Now that was funny

karen said...

ohh my tooooo funny I laughed out loud - totally not seeing where this was going

would so love to share it with my husband but it may be little too close to home re his ex.