He should also get to hike in and remove the aircraft piece by piece, by hand, over how every many months or years that takes. As a punitive measurement. What a jackass.
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Agreed!
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Letās also talk about what was lost: A perfectly good Taylorcraft! For those of you who donāt know, at least until the price inflations that began in 2021, T-crafts were part of the smokinā deals that could be found among the great 2-place classics: The T-craft, Cessna 120/140 and Luscombe. If you were lucky you could find a perfectly serviceable model of each for $12-15k.
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Given the sudden spike in prices for certain models if airplane, thatās a real good motive for insurance fraud. Though, if thatās the case, why not just sell it to someone who wants it? Perhaps, thatās the reason there. Sales are slowing as a result and the only GA airframe Iāve seen unaffected are older Cherokee 140s.
Now, if he were to bin a nice Luscombe, Iād be out for blood.
Given the glacial pace of courts with similar cases, such a punitive measure would be enacted probably close to the start of next winter.
Iād even volunteer to metal detect for a small fee just to ensure he had picked up every nut and bolt.
Just me, being patriotic, being altruistic, and not all vindictive to a human tirefire.
Why all the cameras mounted to the plane? He conveniently had them positioned to capture the āincidentā. Iām calling bull$h*t. Hope they fry him.
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He needs to be hoping the āsisters of D wingā enjoy listening to his tales of derring do, whilst heās playing another game of āpick up the soapā in the prison shower. 
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Watched this again last night with some friends. Not sure what itās like in the US, but in Aus we agreed that an EPIRB was probably a better thing to ānever fly withoutā than a parachuteā¦
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Everything I have flown over here in the US has had an ELT, although I am not sure that a 1940 Taylorcraft would be required to have one installed. Also, you can now pick up a Garmin locator device quite cheaply that will transmit your location by satellite from anywhere in the world to a centralized facility. You can even send and receive text messages with it.
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Thatās an even better choice!
When I flew light planes I recall we didnāt rely upon the fitted ELT, we carried an Epirb in a bag (with our survival blanket and water) as well. Not sure how much that helps you if youāre parachuting out of the aeroplane, but if youāre routinely wearing a parachute Iām sure you could just put one of those Garmin things in a pocketā¦
Good idea, especially since the ELT might fail to function, or burn up in the post-crash fire.
In Colorado there was an L-19 that crashed in a forest not far from the departure airport (1984, N4584A) that went into the trees and inverted, leaving the (functioning) ELT transmitting into the ground. It wasnāt discovered for three years, and while that crash wasnāt survivable, if it had been, Iām sure the ELT would have been a major factor in whether or not they were rescued.
When I fly overwater trips to the Islands, we have an EPIRB/Satcom attached to the raft, in addition to the standard survival kit. Even in an ideal, perfect ditching, the airplaneās not going to float forever, nor will the raft be in the same location as the crash when SAR assets arrive on scene.
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Wow. Thereāsā¦a lot to unpack there (no pun intended). Canāt say that I agree with his theory either- feels like it would take way too much effort for all the rest of the evidence to be duplicated and faked. Iāll wait for the NTSB/ FAA reports, and for charges to be filed.
Choke?
Is there an investigation into this? According to Gryders video the crash hasnāt been reportedā¦
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That was part of why his video was so confusing to meā¦
Yeah, but they are not investigating a crash, per seā¦ And that Jacob went out there and removed the wreckageā¦? If so, where is that wreckage now?
Derp. I meant mixture. Thatās what I get for posting after fighting with a snowblower, probably.
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The funny part is I knew exactly what you meant and it didnāt even register to me.
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The guy is a jack@&&. But he probably wouldnāt be that stupid. More likely he just turned the key off, then turned it back to ābothā when the prop stopped.
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Good.
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