Austin airplane crash

[Al_Fallujah]

I know its still early, but it is starting to look like suicide by airplane, and vengence on the IRS at the same time.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/201 ... ding_N.htm

[The Ruptured Duck]

Yes, apparenty a suicide note has surfaced.

[Apex]

Sad indeed that those with grievances take it out on innocent people.  Don't know any details yet, I just saw this on Yahoo news, but am curious as to why.  We'll see, maybe.

[Al_Fallujah]

Austin PD admonished the news media for publishing non-official stuff, like the suicide note. Apparently someone found it on a blog?
You got a link to either a new site or the blog ( which will likely get shut down soon anyway) with the note?
EDIT-- Never mind, found it.
There was an earlier report that the plane was stolen,

[The Ruptured Duck]

His note chronicles his life and how society has made it miserable.  There is no one group of people responsible in his eyes.  He may make valid points in what is wrong with the world, but he is flawed in thinking that attempted murder and suicide are justified and that he is clean of any wrongdoing in his life.

[The Ruptured Duck]

[quote]Austin PD admonished the news media for publishing non-official stuff, like the suicide note. Apparently someone found it on a blog?
You got a link to either a new site or the blog ( which will likely get shut down soon anyway) with the note?
EDIT-- Never mind, found it.
There was an earlier report that the plane was stolen,

[The Ruptured Duck]

and the aircraft was NOT stolen as was reported.  It was registered to him under N2889D

[Al_Fallujah]

Yeah, I saw the registration.  I found and pulled a copy of the letter on PDF format.  Wow. All over the place does not begin to cover it.

[beaky]

Dammit!!! 
This is not good for GA... not to mention the injuries and damage. Thank goodness he only killed himself- the only upside to this event.

[The Ruptured Duck]

[quote]Dammit!!!

[beaky]

[quote][quote]Dammit!!!

[specter177]

I was watching Fox (don't start a debate), and they couldn't stress enough that it was only one man, and that the same thing could've happened with a car. Of course, it probably helped that one of the anchors was a pilot.

[beaky]

I was watching Fox (don't start a debate), and they couldn't stress enough that it was only one man, and that the same thing could've happened with a car. Of course, it probably helped that one of the anchors was a pilot.

That's some kind of miracle! I'm sure having a pilot on the set helped with that.

[The Ruptured Duck]

The police said in their first press conference that it was an isolated incident and not connected to anything.  It doesn't take a genious, a pilot, or a news anchor to see it was one troubled person.  What I don't get is when they still maintain it was something else :-?

[DaveSims]

The media isn't worried about the facts, just the scare factor.  Just like how at first the story was about a guy in a stolen Cirrus.  Then it slowly came out that it was his airplane.