05-04-2025, 12:57 AM
The world of aviation is one of both joy and sorrow. If you work in it, you eventually lose friends because of it. No different for me. Lost a friend early on, when he lost consciousness and flew his F-16 into the ground. Lost another friend shortly after, while he was up testing a new ultralight design by his employer. Could go on and on. Fast forward until today, when I recently found out an old friend (an otherwise good and experienced non-instrument rated pilot) got himself into bad weather and crashed into a mountain.