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march 2022
I wrote the following BS in about 1999 I don't feel like editing it or even reading it over but I'm beginning to suspect I must, eventually. after that you may go to the wayback machine to see what I mispelt back in the day.
The airplane crash conspiracy is a conspiracy of silence. It is a conspiracy of unasked questions and abandoned investigative leads. The most important perpetrator of this conspiracy is the mainstream media. In today's America, the big media companies - viacom, aoltimewarner, disney, newscorp,and general electric - have control over what most people think is "true." If big media claims something is so, almost everybody believes it. Many recent crashes have been deemed accidents by the authorities and reported as such by the media before any investigation was ever begun. More than the circumstances and evidence surrounding any particular crash, it is this pattern of pre-emptive reporting which should arouse the public's suspicions. For the purposes of a cover-up, management of public opinion is even more important than control of the evidence, especially when the most important evidence is circumstantial and immediately obvious to anybody who cares to think about it: the timing of the crash and the identity of the victim(s). In cases when a death in a crash has a direct effect on the balance of political power in the government, here is a question which must always be asked, and almost never is: "Is it possible that this particular airplane crash was actually an act of sabotage, a political assassination?
I am not suggesting that any particular crash listed below was caused by a criminal act (except those few already so documented, combat deaths being in overlapping categories) Instead I suggest that given the NTSB's accident statistics, the framework of those in charge of oversight and review of the investigation, and of the folks who might want to oversee them (we can only pray for those who are personally tasked with Carrying it out) should be resilient enough to follow up on A determination that a criminal act connected to a major political/military/economic power play was involved. And the media might attempt to frame it that way as well. Such an approach would eventually beg the question, "Who is Really in Charge" and others, like "Will the bullshit ever end??" and comments like "Thank God I'm not being treated like an idiot anymore by the news presenters and their producers" . Most crashes on the list that were the result of enemy fire, explosive devices or other confirmed sabotage will be noted as such, eventually. They are few and far between.
Frankly it is just too much for one person to keep up with. Some crashes are buried deeply in the news, or the fact that a certain person was on a certain plane that crashed does not become known until years later. All that said and out of the way, I am tempted to stick to virtual flying, myself if possible . having already spent more time in the air than most. I am beyond reasonably content with my experience and now just really miss owning a sailing vessel . The idea of gaming, including plenty of flying, with unlimited crashes and even playing at war for fun and intellectual challenge is still very appealing. I seriously doubt that naval strategy games with tall masted ships are half as fun as flying a virtual jet fighter though I suppose such an experience might be better in the future.
American Political Figures
Former Senator Ted Stevens, 2010
Senator Paul Wellstone October 25, 2002
Governor Mel Carnahan Oct. 16, 2000
Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, 1996
South Dakota Governor George Mickelson, 1993
Senator John Heinz, 1991
Rep. Larkin Smith August 13, 1989
Rep. George thomas 'Mickey" Leland (TX), August 7, 1989
Rep. Larry McDonald, 1983 (KAL 007, below)
Senatorial Candidate Richard Obenshain August 2, 1978
Rep. Jerry Litton, 1976
Rep. Jerry Pettis, 1975
Rep. Clement Miller, october 1972
Rep. Hale Boggs, 1972
Rep. Nick Begich, 1972 (with Hale Boggs)
Rep. George Collins, 1972 (United Flight 553, below)
Montana Governor Donald Nutter, 1962
kimber "Kim" sigler, former governor of michigan, november, 1953
Rep. george bates, (MA), Nov 1949
Rep. Michael Kennedy (NY) Nov 1949
Rep. robert Coffey Jr, (PA) april 1949
Governor Earl Snell, Oregon, 1947
Rep.j ohn wiliam ditter (PA) September 1943
Rep. William Byron (MD), Feb. 1941
senator ernest lundeen, MN, August 1940
Senator Bronson Cutting, NM, 1935
Generals and Admirals
Major General Anthony Potts, U.S. Army, July 2023
Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, Army Chief of Staff, Nigeria, 2021
Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş, the commander of the 8th Corps, Turkey, March 2021
Bipin Rawat, Indian Air Force Defense Chief of Staff & 14 others, Dec 2021
Chief of general staff General Shen Yi-ming, Taiwan, January 2020
Gen. Alfonso Torres, Venezuela, 2019
General Jacob Kodji, Cameroon, 2017*
Lt. Gen Valery Mikhaylovich Khalilov, Senior Director of Music of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia, 2016
Brigadier-General Munir Amar, Israel, 2016
General Mohayedin Ghori, Afghanistan, 2016*
General Muliokela Muliokela, Zambia, 2014
General Serhiy Kulchytsky, Ukraine, 2014
Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Brown IV, USA, 2013
General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo, Armed forces Chief of Staff, Guinea, 2013
General Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigeria, 2012
Ryszard Kaczorowski, the chief of the Polish General Staff**, 2010
Maj. Gen. Mario Butch Lacson, Phillipines, 2010
Major General Rafiqul Islam, Bangladesh, 2009
Brigadier General Domingo Faneite, Venezuela May 2009
Ahmed Kazemi, Commander of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces 2008
Col. Gen. Gennady Troshev, Soviet & Russian Air Force, 2008
Andrzej Piotr Andrzejewski , Brig, General, Polish Air Force, Jan 2008
General Jose Alejandro Bernales, National Police Chief, Chile, 2008
General Cheikh Omar Diarra (ECOWAS) (and 116 others) October 22, 2005
General Mushaf Ali Mir (Air Force Chief of Staff, Pakistan) February 20, 2003
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Crash, February 19, 2003
General Bakat Purwanto (Indonesian Anti-Corruption Official) July 20, 2002
Gen. Luis Alfonso Acevedo (Air Force Chief of Staff, Venezuela) April, 2002 ( + 3 other generals)
General Alexander Lebed , Russia, April 2002
General Mikhail Rudchenko, Russia, January 2002 (missile)
Lieutenant General Tin Oo, Burma, February 2001 (Armed Forces Chief of Staff)
Maj. Gen Timur Apakidze, Soviet & Russian Air Force, 2001
16 High Ranking Sudanese Army Officers April 2001
maj gen Anatoly Pozdnyakov, russia, 2001
General Santiago Madrid Philippines, July, 2000
Admiral Stansfield Turner USN, Ret., (Former CIA Director) (survived) Jan, 2000
Admiral Donald Engen, USN (Ret.) July, 1999
Major General James Waleithner (USAF, Ret.)
General Ahmed Faraj, Yemen, August 1999 (+ 2 other generals)
General Dao Trong Lich (Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Vietnam) (+ 4 Generals)(+ 10 others) May 1998
Lieutenant General David J. Mcloud, USAF June 26, 1998
Major General Yudomo, Indonesia, June 1998
Brigadier General Tal Shmuel Eldar, Israel, March 1998
Lieutenant General al-Zubeir Mohammed Saley Sudan (Vice President) Feb 1998
Lt. Gen. Dimitri Kutsekon, Russia, September 1996
Maj. Gen. Boris Batura, Russia, September 1996
Maj-Gen Mihailo Djordja Zugic, Yugoslavia, June 1996
Brig. General Danilo P. Olay, Philippines, March 1996
Major General Glenn Profitt, USAF April 17, 1995
Major General Tes Chanthan (Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff, Cambodia) March 1995
Brigadier General Mansour Sattari, Air Force Chief of Staff, Iran, January 1995 (+ 4 other generals)
General Miguel Iturralde Jaramillo (Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ecuador) 1994
RAF Mull of Kintyre chinook crash, "senior military and intelligence officials", 1994
Major General K.M. Palande, India, September 1994
4 Afghan Generals, January, 1994
Gen. Esref Bitlis, Turkey, February 1993
General Vladimir Kolmogorov, Ukraine, December 1993
General Carlomagno Andrade (Army Chief of Staff, Ecuador), December 1992
Brigadier General Thomas C. Carroll, USA, November 1992
General Vladimir Vukovic, Yugoslavia, 1992
General Pedro Bautista Perez, Mexico, 1992
Lt.-Gen. Lee Hyon-bu, South Korea, February 1992
Lt. Gen. Zhang Defu, China, June 1991
Maj. Gen. Pavel Ettinger, USSR, February 1991
Maj-Gen Berhanu Jembere, Ethiopia, February 1990 (+ 1 soviet general)
Maj. Gen. Lin Lung-hsien (Deputy Chief of Staff, Taiwan) (+ 2 other generals), August 1990
Rear Admiral S. David Griggs, USNR, 1989
General Adnan Khairallah, Defense Minister, Iraq, May 1989
Gen. Luis Federico Fuentes Corado, Former Defense Minister, Guatemala, April 1989
Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Harpe, USAF, December 1988
General Angel Augusto Flores, (Air Force Chief of Staff, Ecuador) June 1988 (+ 2 generals)
General Mohammad Zia ul-haq (Pakistani Dictator) August 17, 1988 (+ 10 generals)
U.S. Brigadier General Herbert Wassom, August 17, 1988
Brig.-Gen. Francisco Cruz Bourzac, Cuba, April 1988 (shot down)
Abdul-Aziz Ibrahim al-Hadithy, Iraq, 1988
Brig. General Arturo Asuncion, Philippines, November 1987
5 Soviet Generals, October 1987
Brig. Gen. Eugenio Ocampo, Philippines, September 1987
Major General Abdul Qayyum Siddiq , Afghanistan, June 1987 (shot down)
Brig. Gen. David H. Stem , USA, January 1987
Maj. Gen. Djarot Supadmo, Indonesia, 1986
Gen. Jerome F. O'Malley, 53, commander of the Tactical Air Command, 1985
General Kim Hong-han , South Korea, July 1984
Lt. Gen. Robert M. Bond, USAF, May 1984
General Jacques Boichot , France, April 1983
Brig. Gen Luis Mario Vargas Amezcua, Mexico, January 1983
General Omar Torrijos, Military Dictator of Panama, July 31, 1981
Admiral Emil Spiridonov, Commander Soviet Pacific Fleet, and 15 other Admirals & Generals, February 1981
general of the army Rafael Hoyos Rubio, Peru, 1981
Maj. Gen. Marco Subia Martinez, Defense Minister, Ecuador, May 1981 (with President Roldos)
4 Iranian Generals, (Defense Minister, Armed Forces Chief of Staff., Revolutionary. Guards commander, Air Force Chief of Staff, September 1981
Lieutenant General George B. Simler, USAF, 1972
rear admiral rembrandt C. . robinson, USN, 1972
marshal Lin Biao, china, 1971
Maj Gen Richard Overton Hunziker, USAF, 1971
Lieutenant general Đỗ Cao Trí, vietnam, 1971
Maj. Gen. George William Casey Sr., Vietnam, 1970*
maj gen Nguyễn Viết Thanh, vietnam, 1970
General René Cogny, France, 1968
maj gen William Crumm, USAF, JUly 1967
Maj gen Bruno Arthur Hochmuth, USMC, NOV 1967
Lieutenant General Daulat Singh, general officer commanding in chief, western command; Air Vice Marshal EW Pinto, air officer commanding, western command; Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, general officer commanding, 15 Corps; Major General KND Nanavati, Military Cross, general officer commanding 25 Infantry Division, Brigadier SR Oberoi, Military Cross, Commander 93 Infantry Brigade and Flight Lieutenant SS Sodhi were killed in the tragic accident., 1963
Brig. gen Richard E. Ellsworth, USAF, march 1963
Lieutenant General Gustaf Adolf Westring, Sweden, 1963
General James Hennessy, 2nd Baron Windlesham, November 1962
Air vice-marshal Sir Francis John Williamson Mellersh, KBE, AFC , UK, 1955
Maj. Gen. Sergey Fyodorovich Vishnyakov, Soviet Air Force, 1958
Operation tarnegol, "high ranking members of egyptian general staff", 1956
Air Vice Marshal David Francis William Atcherley, UK, 1952
Brig Gen Robert Travis, USAF, 1950
Major General Muhammed Iftikhar Khan, Pakistan, 1949
Brigadier General Sher Khan, (same crash) Pakistan , 1949
Air Marshal Sir Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond, Australia, 1945
Brigadier General James Roy Andersen, 1945
Lt. Gen Millard Fillmore Harmon Jr. , USAAF, 1945 (same crash)
admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey, UK, January 1945
Maj Gen Hugh J. Gaffey, USA, 1945
Major General Rupert Major Downes, CMG, KStJ, VD, FRACS , Australia, 1945
Major General George Alan Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, Australia, 1945 (same crash)
Brig. Gen. Stuart Chapin Godfrey, USA, 1945
General Gustav J. Braun, Jr., USA, 1945
General Wolf-Dietrich von Xylander, Third Reich, 1945
Major General Paul Woolever Newgarden, USA, JULY 1944
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO & Bar , UK, 1944
Brig. Gen. Don F. Pratt , USa, June 1944 (killed by loose cargo on landing)
RADM Robert H. English, January 1943
MAJ Gen Stonewall Jackson, USA, october 1943
Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews, USA, 1943
Brigadier General Charles M. Barth, USA, Same crash, 1943
major general William P. Upshur, USMC, JULY 1943
Major General Harry Leonard Nowell Salmon, CAnada, 1943
Rear Admiral Philip John Mack DSO* , UK, 1943
Brigadier General Kenneth Newton Walker, USAAF, 1943 (combat)
Brig. Gen Howard Knox Ramey, USAAF, 1943
Brig. Gen. Charles L. Keerans, Jr., USA, 1943 (?/MIA)
Brig. Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest III, USAaf, 1943 (Combat)
General Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile, 1943
Major General Tadeusz Klimecki – Polish Army Chief of General Staff , Brigadier John Percival Whiteley OBE , same crash
Isoroku Yamamoto (shot down) 1942*
major general Clarence L. Tinker, USMC, JUN 1942
Major General Frank Cadle Mahin, USA, 1942
maj Gen Herbert Arthur "Bert" Dargue, USAAF, 1941
General Ludwig Karl Hermann Schröder, Third Reich, 1941
General José Félix Estigarribia, president of paraguay, 1940
General Charles Huntziger, France, 1940
General Aldo Pellegrini, italy, 1940
General Pietro Pintor Italy, 1940 (same crash)
General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, Chief of Staff, Australia, 1940
brig Gen. Geoffrey Street, Australia, 1940 (same crash)
rear admiral arvid lindman, sweden (ex PM) - 1936
rear admiral william moffett, usn, April 1933
General Maurice Camille Bailloud, France, 1921
In special memory of the USAF Thunderbirds
of the indian Springs Diamond Crash, 1982
Business Leaders, Reporters, Influential Private Citizens
yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian Oligarch and mercenary leader, August 2023
Vychaslav tyran, russian Billionaire, Crypto tycoon, November 2022
Dan Petrescu, Romanian Billionaire, Milan, October 2021
Petr Kellner, Czech Billionaire, March 2021
Olivier Dassault, French Billionaire, March 2021
Jorge Brito, Billionaire, Argentina, 2020
Chris Cline, Billionaire, 2019
Liberato "Levy" P. Laus, Billionaire, Phillipines, 2019
Natalia Valerievna Fileva, S7 Airlines Chair, Russia, 2019
Leicester City FC’s owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 2018
Roy Bennet, Opposition Leader, Zimbabwe, 2019
Mina Basaran, Heiress, Turkey, 2019
john Pagel, CEO, Dairy Industry pioneer, 2019
John Weber, former CEO Remy international, 2019
Wei chen, CEO Sunshine Enterprises, 2018
Martin Tibbitts, CEo, 2018
Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud , 2017
Christophe de Margerie, CEO Total, October 2014
Lewis katz, co-owner Philadelphia inquirer, New Jersey devils, 2014
Dr. Richard Rockefeller, June 2014
Vittorio Missoni, 2013
Roger agnelli, CEO, (mining) , Brazil, 2013
Lam Kok, Billionaire, Vintner, Chateau del la Riviere, China 2013
James Gregoire, Vintner, Chateau de la riviere, Same crash 2013
Ken Talbot, 2010
Moises Saba Masri, 2010
William "skipper" beck, owner, charlotte bobcats, 2009
Sheik Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE, June 2008
Michael Connell, 2008
Steve Fossett, Billionaire, 2007
John Walton, American Billionaire, June 26, 2005
Om Prakesh JIndal, Billionaire, india, 2005
Michael Anthony Erceg, Billioinaire, New Zealand, 2005
Dr. Paul Norman, June 26, 2004 (Click here to read more on "Dead Weapons Experts Conspiracy Theory")
Michael Chowdry, January 25, 2003
Dan Rocco, April 1, 2002
Jean leprince, Vintner, Chateau de la riviere, 2002
rolim amaro, founder tAM airlines, July 2001
Lionel Poilane, president of french helicopter Association, October 2002
Ziya Bazhayev, March, 2000
Morris Thompson, Doyon Limited, January 2000
Tony lee bettenhausen, Cart racing team owner, february, 2000
Three of Donald Trump's top casino executives were killed when their helicopter plummeted into a wooded median of the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County Tuesday afternoon., 1989
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Salem Bin Laden, 1988
Walter Reuther, american labor leader, 1970
Mohammed Bin Laden, 1967
Harald Quandt , Industrialist, Germany, 1967
Homi J. Bhabha, nuclear physicist, india, 1966
Enrico Mattei , Public Administrator, Italy, 1962
Alexander Onassis, 1973
Carlos Menem, Jr. 1995
Prince George, Duke of Kent, 1942
Prince William of Gloucester, 1972
Sanjay Gandhi, India, 1980
Thomas E. Braniff, co-founder braniff airways, January 1954
Prince Gustave Adolf, Sweden, 1947
Richard Chichester duPont, co- founder US Airways, 1943
General Otto Hoffmann von Waldau, Third Reich, 1943
Leonid Nikitovich Khrushchev, 1943 (combat/MIA)
Percy E. Foxworth, FBi (SIS, South America), 1943
Prince Christoph of Hesse, Third Reich Air Reserve commander, OCTOBER 1943
baron Carl-august von gablenz, founder Lufthansa Airlines, August 1942
bruno mussolini, son of italian dictator benito Mussolini, 1941
Princess Cecilie of denmark & greece, November 1937
amelia earhart, 1937 (?)
etienne Michelin, 1932
Roald Amundsen, Explorer, Norway, 1928
Other Heads of Government, Politicians & Prominent Officials
from Around the World
Former President (& Billionaire) Sebastian Piñera, Chile, 2024
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, Ukraine, 2023
former Governor Raphael moreno Valle, puebla, mexico, 2018
governor Martha Erika alonso, puebla, Mexico, 2018
Former Minister of Agriculture and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutoviy (2016-2018) , Ukraine
Rabindra Adhikari, Tourism Minister of Nepal, 2018
Mexican Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete Prida and Oaxaca's governor, Alejandro Murat, 2018 (survived),
Luis Roberto Gneiting Dichtiar, Minister of Agriculture, Paraguay, 2018
Supreme Justice Teori Zavascki, Brazil, 2017
Jean Lapierre, Former Transportation Minister, Canada, 2016
Peter Eric James Prentice PC QC, former premier Alberta, Canada, 2016
Douangchay Phichit, Defense Minister of Laos, 2014
Thongbanh Sengaphone, Minister of Public Security, Laos , 2014
Eduardo Campos, presidential Candidate, Brazil, 2014
Lino César Oviedo Silva , Presidential Candidate, Paraguay, 2013
Internal Security Minister George Saitoti, his deputy and four police officers., Kenya 2012
Governor Patrick Yakowa, Nigeria, 2012
Jesse Robredo, Interior minister, Phillipines, 2012
Federal Minister of Guidance and Endowments Ghazi Al-Saddiq, State Minister of Youth and Sports Mahjoub Abdul-Rahim Tutu and State Minister of Tourism, Antiquities, and Wildlife Eissa Daifalla, 2 unnamed general officers, others Sudan, 2012
Francisco Blake Mora, Interior Minister, Mexico, 2011
Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorji Khandu, India, 2011
Lech Kaczyński, Former President of Poland, Smolensk, 2010*
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India, September 2009
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Politician, Turkey, 2009
Saak Albertovich Karapetyan, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, 2018
Mexican Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexico City, 2008
Ramon Martin Huerta, Mexican Federal Chief of Police, Sept 22, 2005
Rizal Nurdin, Governor of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, Sept 5, 2005 (and 146 others)
John Garang, Vice-President of Sudan, July 30, 2005
Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras, June 1, 2005 (Survived)
Gustavo Vázquez Montes, Governor of Colima, Mexico. February 24, 2005
Boris Trajkovski, President of Macedonia, February 26, 2004
patriarch pedros VII of Alexandria, September 2004
Igor Pavlovich Farkhutdinov, Governor of Sakhalin Oblast, 2003
Jose Carlos Martinez, Brazilian Party Leader, October 4, 2003
Governor Igor P. Farkhutdinov, Sakhalin, Russia, August 2003
Afghan Minister Juma Muhammad Muhammadi February 23, 2003
MInister Balayogi, , Lok SabHa india, 2002
Kenyan Minister, January 25, 2003
Columbian Minister, February 13, 2003
Ibrahim shamsul-Din, deputy defense minister, sudan, April 2001
Egypt Air 990, October 31 1999 (casualties included 2 Egyptian generals, 33 members of General Staff)
Salvatore Socrates, governor, philippines, 2000
Anti-Taliban Afghan Prime Minister August 22, 1997
Cyprien Ntaryamira, president of Burundi shot down April 1994
Juvenal Habyarimana, president of Rwanda shot down April 1994
Punjab Governor Surendra Nath, India, July 1994
Ulysses Silveira Guimarães, Opposition Politician, Brazil, 1992
Madhavrao Scindia, India
Philippine Congressman Moises Tapia, November 15, 1987
rashid karami, prime minister of Lebanon, 1987
Samora Machel, President of Mozambique, 1986
Ibrahim Abacha, Nigeria, January 1996
Mohammed Ben Yahia, Foreign Minister of Algeria, 1982
jaime roldos aguilera, president of ecuador, may 1981
Francisco ca carniero, prime minister, portugal, december 1980
Ould Bouceif, Mauritanian dictator, May 1979
Dzemal Bijedic, Premier of Yugoslavia, 1977
joel rakotomalala, prime minister, Madagascar, july 1976
Queen Alia of Jordan, 1977
Filinto Strubing Müller, Senator and Police Chief, Brazil, 1973
Rene Barrientos, President of Bolivia, 1969
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, president of brazil, 1967
abdul salam arif, president of iraq, April 1966
Members of Saudi Royal Family, Cueno, Italy, 1963
Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, September, 1961
Mahamoud Harbi Farah, Political Leader, French Somaliland, 1960
Central African Republic President Barthélémy Boganda , 1959
Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay, March, 1957
nereu ramos, president of brazil, 1953
Jerônimo Dix-Sept Rosado Maia, Governor, Brazil, 1951
subhas Chandra Bose, India, 1947
Dr. Fritz todt, minister for armaments & ammuntions, Third Reich, FEB 8 1942
James Fairbairn, Minister for Air and Civil Aviation, Australia, 1940
Sir Henry Gullett, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia, 1940 (same crash)
Richard Arauner, Chief, office of agricultural policy, third reich, 1936
Hans Schemm , Bavarian State Minister for Education and Culture, Third Reich, 1935
lord christopher birdwood thomson, british air minister, october 1930
Commercial Airline Crashes of Special Interest to me
American Airlines Flight 587
The Crashes of 9/11, 2001
Alaska Airlines 261
TWA 800
Swissair 111, September 1998
Pan Am 103, December 1988 (bomb)
Air India 182, June 1985 (bomb)
Korean Airlines 007 (shot down)
United Airlines 553, December 1972
Early Aviators, Astronauts, and Others of interest expanding below .....perhaps someday including. important categories such as singers, race car drivers, soccer/football players, and of course test pilots and aviation pioneers. there are many lists out there already but most are not sufficiently comprehensive or meaningfully grouped in my opinion.
Igor Valentinovitch Tkachenko, Russian Knights Team Leader, Russia, 2009
Space shuttle columbia crew, 1 February 2003
Dr. patricia Hillard Robinson, U.S. Astronaut, may 2001
robert overmyer, U.s. Astronaut, march 1996
S. David griggs, U.S. Astronaut, june 1989
Space shuttle challenger crew, 28 january 1986
stephen D. Thorne, u.s. Astronaut, may 1986
Francis Gary Powers, August 1977
Georgy Dobrovolsky , 30 june 1971
Victor patsayev, 30 June 1971
Vladimir Volkov, 30 June 1971
virgil "gus" grissom, apollo 1 astronaut, launch pad, january 1967
Edward white, apollo 1 astronaut, launch pad, January 1967
roger chaffee, apollo 1 astronaut, launch pad, january 1967
Vladimir komorov, 24 April 1967
Theodore Freeman, 1964
Elliott See Jr, 1966
Charles Bassett II , 1966
Clifton Williams Jr. , 1967
Robert Lawrence , 1967
Yuri Gagarin, march 1968
this page is dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant General David J. McCloud, USAF as is my poem "falling" , in a different way.
He was my hero, the most extraordinary leader anybody could ever hope to meet or spend a moment with. I was blessed with far more than that. i do not know how many of the leaders on the list were scoundrels, or how many were heroes or martyrs or anything else and a lifetime of research will not shed light on many of them. Alas.
my hope for this page is that when such leaders do fall, they will be noted. if there are paths to the truth and stories that must be told, perhaps some of them will begin here.
it is not meant to minimize the deaths of any civilian officials, seamen, privates, ncos, commissioned officers, children, spouses, pets, pilots, co-pilots, or crew who perished in similar manner. it is inevitable that some "important" ones are overlooked. we can only try.