FAA yanks pilot's licenses after L29 crash

[wsuffa]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-revoke7-2009oct07,0,6427074.story

Federal authorities have revoked the pilot's license of a veteran aviator who flew in a July 4 aerial display in Tehachapi, Calif., that ended with the fatal crash of a vintage Soviet military jet with two people aboard.

 

[Areeda]

I asked about that on AOPA. It seems his logbook endorsement of the accident pilot may have been bogus.

If that's true, it sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Joe

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Jeez... I guess I need to apply to become manager of the Tehachapi airport:

During the flyover, one Delfin fell out of formation and slammed into Old Town Road, killing David Zweigle, 42, the city's airport director, and Robert Chamberlain, 63, of Morrison, Colo., a retired airline pilot and former Air Force test pilot. The aircraft, which was owned and flown by Zweigle, passed over a park and missed several houses before impact.

Seriously, how the heck does an airport manager afford to own and fly an L-29?

 

[Henning]

Jeez... I guess I need to apply to become manager of the Tehachapi airport:



Seriously, how the heck does an airport manager afford to own and fly an L-29?

You buy an L-29 for less than a 20 year old 182. If you're the airport manager, you've probably got a buddy who is an A&P and have a connection on parts which for these planes aren't that much $$$ either. Fuel is probably the major expense, and he probably buys it at cost. The old east block jets are actually pretty cheap.