I briefly entertained flying planes as a hobby. I live next to a small-ish local airfield and a coworker of mine got his license there. Then I learned more about it, and there's way to many accidents like these for me to be comfortable with the risk I'd be taking. I have no issue with flying commercial planes, but I guess I don't trust myself _and_ the smaller planes enough to do this. RIP Claude, horrible way to die.
brador
Why don't planes have parachutes? like a huge parachute that pops on stall to slowly descent the plane?
BoredPositron
Bad two weeks for aviation.
iwontberude
So many nerds here in Silicon Valley love to fly small aircraft, it’s an autistic comorbidity. You’ll never catch me acting so foolish.
toomuchtodo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Guillemot
m0llusk
This sort of thing is one of the reasons Elon became so important at Tesla. The other key players died in a freakish plane crash, apparently hitting transmission lines at low altitude which is not something parachutes would likely have helped with. https://www.wired.com/2010/02/plane-crash-kills-tesla-employ...
lstodd
memento mori
seanvk
My Dad, a flight instructor, loves to remind me that there are bold pilots and old pilots. But there are no old bold pilots.
simonebrunozzi
Sad for this. I am wondering: what's the data on how safe, or unsafe, "private" planes are, e.g. compared to commercial jets?
marshray
Actually he survived, he just has to turn on 39 more radio transmitter towers before he can be rescued. (and thank you for Far Cry Primal)
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cpncrunch
Non paywall source: https://www.reuters.com/world/ubisofts-co-founder-claude-gui...
cf100clunk
Similarly, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608732
comrade1234
Personal aircraft. The great equalizer.
Insanity
I briefly entertained flying planes as a hobby. I live next to a small-ish local airfield and a coworker of mine got his license there. Then I learned more about it, and there's way to many accidents like these for me to be comfortable with the risk I'd be taking. I have no issue with flying commercial planes, but I guess I don't trust myself _and_ the smaller planes enough to do this. RIP Claude, horrible way to die.
brador
Why don't planes have parachutes? like a huge parachute that pops on stall to slowly descent the plane?
BoredPositron
Bad two weeks for aviation.
iwontberude
So many nerds here in Silicon Valley love to fly small aircraft, it’s an autistic comorbidity. You’ll never catch me acting so foolish.
toomuchtodo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Guillemot
m0llusk
This sort of thing is one of the reasons Elon became so important at Tesla. The other key players died in a freakish plane crash, apparently hitting transmission lines at low altitude which is not something parachutes would likely have helped with. https://www.wired.com/2010/02/plane-crash-kills-tesla-employ...
lstodd
memento mori
seanvk
My Dad, a flight instructor, loves to remind me that there are bold pilots and old pilots. But there are no old bold pilots.
simonebrunozzi
Sad for this. I am wondering: what's the data on how safe, or unsafe, "private" planes are, e.g. compared to commercial jets?
marshray
Actually he survived, he just has to turn on 39 more radio transmitter towers before he can be rescued. (and thank you for Far Cry Primal)