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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65953941mucifer
(25,393 posts)Liberal In Texas
(15,763 posts)Good ole' BBC.
GreenWave
(11,859 posts)Goonch
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XanaDUer2
(15,769 posts)I couldn't even be tempted to take such a trip.
leftyladyfrommo
(19,926 posts)XanaDUer2
(15,769 posts)Makes very rich people feel invincible, frankly.
leftyladyfrommo
(19,926 posts)By now if he hadn't been able to buy a plane.
XanaDUer2
(15,769 posts)Air Disasters, that cover that tragic crash. JFK jr really wasnt rated to fly by training when he took off. A private pilot offered to fly them to their destination due to weather conditions. Kennedy said no.
It's funny you should mention the JFK Jr case- this current crisis reminded me of that.
Hubris.
leftyladyfrommo
(19,926 posts)plane off a cliff like John Denver. Or getting killed driving a car that only a race car driver should be driving.
We've list a lot of talent over the years.
XanaDUer2
(15,769 posts)If I had 100 million. But I'm a scaredy-cat. I guess I could afford one parachute jump with an instructor. But I'm too scared to.
leftyladyfrommo
(19,926 posts)like taking risks.
XanaDUer2
(15,769 posts)Had Id been JFK Jr, Id have hired the pilot to fly us. Without a second thought.