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Pilot murdered by husband/pilot?

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This was a test case

Spooky 1 said:
An Eastern pilot murdered his Pan Am flight attendent wife back in the seventies. Froze her body and then put it in the woodchipper. Was tried and convicted of murder.

It was a test case that brought forenzic (sp) science to new levels. The pilot was a reserve police officer. He had sent in the warranty card on the chain saw he cut her frozen body parts up with before he sent them through the rented woodchipper. They found a fingernail piece with her nail polish on it and one thread from her night shirt in the chain saw or woodchipper. He had filed the number off the chainsaw, but they were able to bring it back chemically.
 
sandman2122 said:
I flew ONE trip with the man (aquitted murderer) in question from Memphis..............never again........

That must have been interesting!! Any odd conversations?
 
VaB said:
Were his eyebrows still singed off? Or have they grown back by now?

Good one.


I saw the story and it would freak the crap out of me to fly with the guy.

Of course, if the man is innocent, the whole situation sucks for him.
 
An ORD based United FO killed his wife and chopped off her legs in 1991/92?. He stole a C150 from DPA (possible suicide idea) and was caught later that day in Dwight, Illinois.
 
Here's a summary of a "City Confidential" that I found on A&E's website:

Memphis: Burning Betrayal.
Aired on Thursday, December 2, 2004

Federal Express airline pilots Holly and Mike Mullins seemed to be flying high when they first married. But as they soon learned, marriage between pilots has its ups and downs. Bitter divorce proceedings between Holly and Mike came to a sudden end when Holly's body was found in a burned-out van. When Mike eventually went on trial for murder, all of Memphis waited breathlessly for the verdict. Find out if he got away with murder. Paul Winfield narrates. TVPG
 
I guess the lesson learned is...don't marry a female pilot! They'll drive you to murder.
 
Can't live with them......

English said:
I guess the lesson learned is...don't marry a female pilot! They'll drive you to murder.

can't run them through the woodchipper!
 
say again said:
That must have been interesting!! Any odd conversations?
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"I'm getting kinda warm in here, can we cool it off??"
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semperfido said:
...and let us not forget the fedex nutcase pilot that went beserk in the airplane over memphis. he was weilding a hatchett.
Actually, his weapons included two claw hammers, two sledge mallets, a knife and a speargun. No "hatchett", or even a hatchet.


:)
 
Geronimo4497 said:
When was the FedEx strike that made him a scab? Just curious.

scab
n. A crust discharged from and covering a healing wound.
  1. Scabies or mange in domestic animals or livestock, especially sheep.
    1. Any of various plant diseases caused by fungi or bacteria and resulting in crustlike spots on fruit, leaves, or roots.
    2. The spots caused by such a disease.
  2. Slang. A person regarded as contemptible.

    1. A worker who refuses membership in a labor union.
    2. An employee who works while others are on strike; a strikebreaker.
    3. A person hired to replace a striking worker.
You don't need a strike to grow a scab. He (along with EVERY other nonmember) earned his title independent of any job action. What an embarrassment. I mean, jeez, it's one thing to kill your wife, then drive her minivan into MS and burn her up, but to be on the nonmembers list?!? What a loser.




 
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VaB said:
I've HEARD that females don't have to fly with him. Don't know if that's true or not, but it certainly makes sense.

Not sure if they have the options or not but he is flying with a female FO this month.
 
Yea, I've flown with the guy. Goes by the nickname "Fireball". Drives a fire engine red corvett. Favorite drink is a "Flaming Sambuca". Always seems to be in a big hurry, you know like "where's the fire dude?". Always hear him refering to "taking a drink from the fire hose". I could never get it cold enough for him in the cockpit, kept saying "dang it's hot in here". Chain smoked like a smoke stack. Kept talking about his favorite movie, "The Towering Inferno". Always carried his Jepps around in a 5 gallon gas can with a modified lid. And always quick with a lite of your smoke! Yea, that's him. Seemed OK to me, just a little "hot under the collar" sometimes.
 

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