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Wednesday, December 12. 2018

"Somebody better get here in a hurry"

 Pilot husband dies, she lands plane.


Posted by The News Junkie at 16:28 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Landing a small plane is the hardest thing to do and doing so in multi engine doubles the complexity. This is one amazing lady.
#1 lj franks on 2018-12-13 07:33 (Reply)
Flying a twin with one engine out is really tricky. It's really amazing that she made it at all.
#2 snopercod on 2018-12-13 08:17 (Reply)
That was amazing! It had to be the high point in the life of the guy who talked/flew her down. I'd say the high point for her, too, except that she was flying next to the body of her husband.

Her voice sounded pretty calm, but she had to be freaking out. She wasn't acknowledging a lot of what was said to her. Shows you how important it is to repeat messages to affirm that you've heard and understood. I'd love to read more about what she was thinking and what he was thinking.
#3 Texan99 on 2018-12-13 11:50 (Reply)
I loved that she kept her sense of humor in such a desperate situation. " Don't you trust me". Great job lady!
#4 Pocono pam on 2018-12-13 13:26 (Reply)
Real life. It doesn't get any more dramatic than that.
#5 Zzzatemypuppy on 2018-12-13 14:05 (Reply)
I hope they had 20 kids...the world needs more people like that.
#6 model_1066 on 2018-12-13 23:27 (Reply)

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