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One of the local stories is of a DR. that bought a 4 passenger aircraft for his toy. On a 100+ degree day he decided to take a 300 pound friend and some luggage on a trip to Texas. Full fuel tanks, and off they go. At the end of the runway he pulls it up and is simply overweight and augers in and kills himself and the passenger. 100% stupid pilot error. The math for a safe takeoff in that heat was just not possible, and they should have stayed on the ground.
The widow sues everyone.
One of the local parts suppliers is included in the lawsuit. He sold the tires to the owner and they were on the airplane when it crashed. He sold them freaking tires, and was pert of the lawsuit. It cost him a lot of money to defend himself and his company for selling tires, that anyone can understand had nothing to do with the crash. That is not uncommon with airplane crashes. I guess car crashes are so common that the tire stores are not sued for all the car crashes.
The judge should have tossed the lawsuit and made the widow and the attorney pay all the costs of the people they sued.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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