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Friday, May 18, 2012

Gulfstream G-650 Crash Causes Begin to Emerge

The paraphrase of the NTSB summary at the link below is a bit chilling.  The last quote from the pilot says it all about the bonds between testers and chivalry right down to the wire.  Kent was a mentor, friend, and neighbor of mine at various times over my Air Force career.  Professional to a fault, if this could happen to him, it could happen to any of us.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/in-focus-two-wing-drop-incidents-preceded-g650-crash-ntsb-371677/

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