Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

Goatface

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they have not said who was the pilot of the plane yet. biffle had pilot license for that type of craft but he couldn't do it solo. there was another pilot on board and possible another co-pilot.
one of my friend's brother started taking flying lessons, which lead me to a rabbit hole of youtube channels about plane accidents that lasted several months. one of the things that really surprised me was how old many of the planes were. people jump into 50+ year old plane and go across the country during a blizzard. biffle's company plane was reportedly 44 years old.
there are something like 40 million commercial fights each year and can be years between major crashes, (240 died in a crash this year) even with that the avg is still low teens over the years. in the US alone there are over 3 million non-commercial flights and the death avg is over 150 per year.
 
Borzak

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I get people don't follow NASCAR, but he was a top driver for a number of years. You don't fly for Rousch and he low man on the totem pole as a driver. Rouch is "the" Ford team in NASCAR. Not everyone is an Earnhardt, not even Jr. He won 19 races after looking it up for Rousch and that's a top tier team. Of course Jack has crashed a number of planes till he finally gave up his license before the FAA took it.

He made news in 2024 when the hurricane (Helene) hit the southeast and up into North Carolina bad he had a helicopter fly in supplies. I don't know if he flew one or just paid to have it done.

Like I said a lot of people don't follow NASCAR but nascar of today doesn't have near the PR machine they did in the past. Brian France has done his best to kill it. He's not the same as his father and grandfather in the France family. Couple of wrecks that were attributed to being on some medication or drug and he paid his way out of it with community service.
 
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Bald Brah

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Goatface said:
they have not said who was the pilot of the plane yet. biffle had pilot license for that type of craft but he couldn't do it solo. there was another pilot on board and possible another co-pilot.
one of my friend's brother started taking flying lessons, which lead me to a rabbit hole of youtube channels about plane accidents that lasted several months. one of the things that really surprised me was how old many of the planes were. people jump into 50+ year old plane and go across the country during a blizzard. biffle's company plane was reportedly 44 years old.
there are something like 40 million commercial fights each year and can be years between major crashes, (240 died in a crash this year) even with that the avg is still low teens over the years. in the US alone there are over 3 million non-commercial flights and the death avg is over 150 per year.
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I watch pilot debrief all the time. He covers a lot of these small plane crashes. It's probably 90 percent pilot error with these things. Flying into storms or just making stupid mistakes. But this one sounded like mechanical failure. Plane had problems on take off, tried to land immediately, came up short of the runway.

I know a lot of these planes are old but they have to be serviced and inspected regularly to be air worthy. The only thing old is the frame. The engines and electronics have to be constantly tested and replaced if they fail.
 
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