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[Vladimir Lenin]

"Student" pilot in a Bonanza?

The media gets it "right" again...I think



linky

 

[Gulfstreamlover]

Nothing wrong with learning to fly in a complex airplane. If you have the insurence you can solo in a Bonanza.

 

[bart]

You do not need insurance to solo in a Bonanza.

You will need it to recover the loss when you crash the plane, but there are no insurance REQUIREMENTS for aircraft.

 

[uscpilot]

Well at least they didnt say he was "trying to beat the weather" like that kingair west of ATL a while back. Although I dont think they meant "student" as defined by the FAR's. Not a bad job considering recent reports on crashes. Its funny I immediatly start grading these stories for accuracy and unfounded suppositions.
usc

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

maybe a student at Mesa..
but they make it sound like this is his first time in the airplane
probably wasn't even a Bonanza

 

[Gulfstreamlover]

No I saw a picture of it, it defiently was a Bonanza 36.

 

[buckdanny]

What was the school name? I think there are a few ab-initio schools that exclusively train pilots of some European airlines that use bonanzas as primary trainers. I think one of them is in Arizona and used to train Luftansa pilots, but I can't recall the name.

Buck

 

[Gulfstreamlover]

It's Mesa's school's airplane.

 

[avbug]

Who cares? Some folks seem to get so beat up about media stories concerning someone else.

We're all students. Anybody who doesn't believe that is headed for the same place as the Bonanza.

 

[crash-proof]

Jail?