Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 7, 2012, at 4:27 PM, Robert Baron wrote: > ==On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> >>> >>> I live in Oklahoma and have heard the Winnebago version, in various >> incarnations, for probably 30 years now. There is also one about a doctor >> who put his airplane on autopilot and went back to take a nap. >> >> >> Ken >> >> > There actually was a lawyer in Oklahoma City who would set the alarm on his > wrist watch, set the autopilot and doze off for a while. > > When he finally had his fatal crash the assumption was he was asleep while > he ran into a headwind and the airplane slowly lost speed and settled into > the ground. > > This is a true story and, speaking as a lawyer who knew him, I'll say it > was just more proof that you can't always fool Mother Nature. did this result in a law suit? Steve > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information