• BarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 day ago

    Snoozer, a homebuilt plane crashing is surprising only to the most ignorant

    The people commenting that they’d expect a pilot to be smarter need only work on a flight line for 1 hour to have their worldview flipped upside down.

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      Was it home built? This article says it was installed during a modification to the fuel line, but I didn’t see if it was the plane owner or a 3rd party install.

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        The Cozy MK IV is a homebuilt aircraft, perhaps the owner / pilot had it installed, or perhaps it was done in house. Regardless I’d say this kind of thing is the rule and not an exception for homebuilt aircraft.