L39 Albatros Crashes and Burns in AK Trailer Park, Pilot Ejected...

[John2375]

Flying from Alaska to the lower 48 w/no flight plan?? wow...

 

[Purpledog]

Flying from Alaska to the lower 48 w/no flight plan?? wow...

He was probably going to file at KTN.

 

[mzaharis]

Why does that seem strange? I dealt with Don for several years on many things relating to his businesses, and trust me, importing aircraft (Air USA)from former eastern-bloc countries can be difficult, sometimes intense, work. His contracting activities (Red Air) also involve dealing with enormous amounts of bureacracy. It's definitely not a case of any kind of smoke and mirrors. They are two different activities, hence two different businesses.

I certainly didn't think anything was strange about him setting up different companies for different businesses. This is a very common practice in the business world (I knew a guy in the medical devices industry who later diversified into other businesses, and I think he got up to 35 companies, all under his ownership, and totally legit, AFAIK). I was just stating that, when responding to FN FAL's comment, I didn't know the specific business reasons he chose to set them up in this manner. I was not trying to imply any nefarious intent.

I'm sorry if my comment implied any suspicion. It was not my intent.

 

[Big Duke Six]

No problemo. I probably read more into what you said than what you meant. It just seemed at the moment that the convo was heading that way. Kirlin is one of those guys who people seem to either love or hate for some reason.

It will be interesting to see if his operation survives this one though. As has been said, sounds like there is more to this, and from right here it sounds like things will get ugly.

 

[Say Again Over]

Flying in SE Alaska, not for the timid.

 

[belchfire]

It would be bad for war bird collectors if this did turn out to be a "black sunday" scenario gone bad.

Er, my friend, well yes, bad for warbirders...if it was
some kind of "black sunday" gig it went really
well from my point of view...

 

[FN FAL]

Er, my friend, well yes, bad for warbirders...if it was
some kind of "black sunday" gig it went really
well from my point of view...

True. However, now that we know more about the situation, we can assume that this crash was probably the furthest thing from a "black sunday" scenario.

 

[BushwickBill]

Black Sunday?

WTF are you guys talking about...

 

[Huggyu2]

I'm guessing they mean some sort of "criminal intent" WRT crashing the jet, like in the movie "Black Sunday" where they put an explosive laden blimp into the Super Bowl.
The L-39 won't do much damamge. It doesn't carry much fuel, nor does it have much mass.

 

[FN FAL]

I'm guessing they mean some sort of "criminal intent" WRT crashing the jet, like in the movie "Black Sunday" where they put an explosive laden blimp into the Super Bowl.
The L-39 won't do much damamge. It doesn't carry much fuel, nor does it have much mass.

They weren't planning on crashing the blimp in the movie "black sunday".

 

[FN FAL]

Black Sunday?

WTF are you guys talking about...

google don't work on your computer either?

56,000,000 returns on black sunday search, the second one in the pile was this one..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075765/

 

[BushwickBill]

Somehow I didn't connect an L39 crash into a trailer park with a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl - oh yeah with a blimp. Sooooo FYI I also turned up some other search results for black sunday.

Black Sunday the Dust Bowl - could resemble an aircraft crash
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX07.html


Or maybe Satan was behind it?
http://www.horror-wood.com/bs.htmhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00002NDM3/103-4773849-1050215?v=glance&n=130


Awwwwww yeah beaoch! Hits from the bong wheres my jet at?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000295Y/103-4773849-1050215?v=glance&n=5174

 

[FN FAL]

Somehow I didn't connect an L39 crash into a trailer park with a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl - oh yeah with a blimp. Sooooo FYI I also turned up some other search results for black sunday.

You must have missed the initial news article where the FBI said they were going to investigate the accident because the airplane involved was military "style".

 

[BushwickBill]

dammit and I swore from now on I would pay attention!

 

[BushwickBill]

ahhhhhh omg look out for the blimp!

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It is the anniversary of Asa's execution, hence, in the superstitions of the peasant folk, it has been dubbed "Black Sunday."