Kobe Bryant dies at age 41

dogie · Post by **dogie** » January 26th, 2020, 1:22 pm

Helicopter crash

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/californ ... s-reported

ThunderAggie · Post by **ThunderAggie** » January 26th, 2020, 4:29 pm

Tragic news! And one of his daughters was on the plane. A 13 year old.

Olderthandirt · Post by **Olderthandirt** » January 26th, 2020, 10:50 pm

I may be the biggest Laker hater out there, but this stinks so much. I never liked Kobe, but I respected him. He was the closest thing to Jordan about being able to go and get a bucket. He was also a devoted father, and from all accounts, spent tons of time with his daughters. Another point of respect. R.I.P. Kobe. Prayers to the family.

TheAKAggie · Post by **TheAKAggie** » January 27th, 2020, 10:59 am

Feeling most of you don’t get the show, but a this one got me.

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ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » January 27th, 2020, 12:33 pm

it's been so foggy here for the past three days I damn near died driving to work today, zero visibility in spots. Fog isn't typical this time of year, I hit some the other night and thought I was in the twilight zone

WAaggieFan · Post by **WAaggieFan** » January 27th, 2020, 12:35 pm

He showed up here in Central Washington unannounced at a basketball game in population 3000 Cashmere a couple weeks back to watch his daughter’s friend who she had met at a basketball camp play a game. He was extremely gracious with the small town attention it stirred.

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brownjeans · Post by **brownjeans** » January 27th, 2020, 4:22 pm

Alyssa Altobelli, her father John Altobelli, her mother Keri Altobelli also died.
Christina Mauser too.
Payton Chester and his mom Sarah Chester.
And Ara Zobayan

I'm hearing "and seven others" way too much... it seems like a terribly dismissive way of acknowledging them.

USU78 · Post by **USU78** » January 27th, 2020, 5:43 pm

So ... any thoughts on the pilot refusing to fly on instruments, with a filed flight plan, and instead asked for tracking while flying eyes only through the fog?

Why does somebody do that?

pilotaggie · Post by **pilotaggie** » January 27th, 2020, 6:53 pm

USU78 wrote: ↑
January 27th, 2020, 5:43 pm
So ... any thoughts on the pilot refusing to fly on instruments, with a filed flight plan, and instead asked for tracking while flying eyes only through the fog?

Why does somebody do that?

It's easy to ask why now. It is pretty difficult to get a clearance down there on short flights (just too many people).The ICON??? jet crashed in Logan a bunch of years ago doing basically the same thing. That was one was rumored to be a directive from the boss in back saying land here or find a new job. No one died so it went pretty well unnoticed.

Having said that the pilot is going to get hammered in this investigation. Lots of people think this might finally be the end of special vfr which he was trying to use.

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » January 27th, 2020, 10:28 pm

Ultimately, it is the pilot’s responsibility to make the call. He should have told them to start driving.

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