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April 21st, 2008, 13:03
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| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007
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|  CFI Jim Spaller severely injured in a crash 30West recommended that I use Jim as my CFI up here in the Syracuse, NY area and I think a couple others here know him. He was in a crash last week that killed the pilot he was either training or doing a checkride with. For the record, this was a seaplane so all the reporter comments about him crashing 500 yards shy of the airport are moot since they were attempting to land in a nearby pond. It seems as though the drag on the seaplane when they went into a planned simulated engine failure on approach was too aggressive to recover from. Anyway, if you can, say a prayer for Jim (who is in critical condition) and the pilot who passed on. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.s...nd_to_rep.html
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April 21st, 2008, 17:41
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| Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 61
| Re: CFI Jim Spaller severely injured in a crash I actually got one of Jim's students a Multi rating a couple of weeks ago... our prayers are with him and his family... also his students family |
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April 21st, 2008, 17:58
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 975
| Re: CFI Jim Spaller severely injured in a crash Was he a Cornell grad and former army aviator? I think I flew with Jim when I was in high school. I hope he can pull through. |
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April 23rd, 2008, 10:35
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Laurel, MD
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| Re: CFI Jim Spaller severely injured in a crash I got my PPL with Jim when I lived in Syracuse....helluva guy and a great instructor. He will be in my thoughts.
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