Well, assuming that he had a heart attack or something similar and
didn't know what was happening. It would be a bit disturbing if a wing
fell off etc. and he got to ride it down while awake and coherent.
Randy
On 10/06/2024 3:06 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
Great way to exit the mortal coil at 90yo
--FT
On 6/10/24 3:59 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
Have you seen the recent news report about a former astronaut who
died in a plane crash. He was the sole occupant of the plane and was
90 years old.
Randy
On 09/06/2024 4:23 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:
The old gal who lives a few blocks away with a 1980 300SD. I first
saw it in 1992 when her husband, a commercial pilot retired from Pan
Am, was selling his 1968 (?) 280SE 3.5. I stopped by to check it
out. It was awesome and was too $$ for me at that point in my
journey but we talked at length about his W116 (since I pulled up in
my W123). This is when I learned that both he and his German wife
were flight instructors and they own two aircraft.
Over the next 30 years anytime either of them were out in the yard
or sitting on the porch I’d stop to chat. He passed in 2000, but his
Frau keeps plugging along. The old gal, at 94, still gets in two
hours a month in either her 1954 Beech E35, or her 1961 Mooney M20B
and she dutifully drives the 300SD once a week on a three mile loop.
I talked with her daughter towards the end of last year and she said
that she likely be taking mom’s keys away sometime this year based
on the trajectory of her dementia. I told daughter that if no one in
the family wanted the 300SD I call dibs.
Daughter and I exchanged emails pretty regularly for several months
but the last email I sent a month ago remains unanswered. When I
drive by it looks like she’s been missing her weekly jaunt.
I reckon we’ll see.
AZBob
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