I watched your video because it mentioned risk management. I had just watched a RUclips video by Meghan Kelly about the Kennedy and a book about RFK jr. called Ask Not. They ended up with the air crash as an example of the Kennedy men’s tendency towards risky behavior. They talked about new information I hadn’t heard before and your video was the most recent. I’m glad you mentioned that he didn’t have flight following, but he had also turned off his radios so had no communication with anyone during the flight. She also said that an American Airline jet was on a collision course with him and that they nor the nearby airport couldn’t raise him so the American plane had to divert around him shortly before his erratic flight maneuvers. I think the biggest factor in this case was Kennedy’s inflated sense of confidence and ego because of his family history and way he was raised. The boys especially were expected to always win at everything they did no matter how they accomplished that, to not accept personal failure or responsibility, and to be “the man” in all situations. Kennedy needed to get his wife’s sister to her destination to impress her family members that didn’t really approve of him, especially since he and Karoline were having problems. He needed to prove to his wife that he could take care of her and her sister to try to smooth things with her. And flying is a macho thing to d which fits into the Kennedy playboy image. John jr’s past relatives and history got in his way.
To the guy who asked what to do on a night flight when the weather changed- when you fly VFR you always do a weather check before you fly for your intended flight path or area, even if just toddling around. An hour of flying would give you plenty of info about any weather conditions that may affect your VFR flight. If you notice conditions changing you either start back immediately to your home airport to land or contact air traffic control for flight and weather information to proceed to an alternate airport. This should be part of your flight plan. Even toodles are a chance to practice planning flights and practicing skills. Fly safe.
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I watched your video because it mentioned risk management. I had just watched a RUclips video by Meghan Kelly about the Kennedy and a book about RFK jr. called Ask Not. They ended up with the air crash as an example of the Kennedy men’s tendency towards risky behavior. They talked about new information I hadn’t heard before and your video was the most recent. I’m glad you mentioned that he didn’t have flight following, but he had also turned off his radios so had no communication with anyone during the flight. She also said that an American Airline jet was on a collision course with him and that they nor the nearby airport couldn’t raise him so the American plane had to divert around him shortly before his erratic flight maneuvers.
I think the biggest factor in this case was Kennedy’s inflated sense of confidence and ego because of his family history and way he was raised. The boys especially were expected to always win at everything they did no matter how they accomplished that, to not accept personal failure or responsibility, and to be “the man” in all situations.
Kennedy needed to get his wife’s sister to her destination to impress her family members that didn’t really approve of him, especially since he and Karoline were having problems. He needed to prove to his wife that he could take care of her and her sister to try to smooth things with her. And flying is a macho thing to d which fits into the Kennedy playboy image. John jr’s past relatives and history got in his way.
To the guy who asked what to do on a night flight when the weather changed- when you fly VFR you always do a weather check before you fly for your intended flight path or area, even if just toddling around. An hour of flying would give you plenty of info about any weather conditions that may affect your VFR flight. If you notice conditions changing you either start back immediately to your home airport to land or contact air traffic control for flight and weather information to proceed to an alternate airport. This should be part of your flight plan. Even toodles are a chance to practice planning flights and practicing skills. Fly safe.