Dying in the Scoot Utopia http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/ en-us Copyright 2006 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:28:05 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RIP: Jesse Lamison 20061109.jpg
A self-portrait with some eerie foreshadowing...

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Age: 21
Sex: Male
Occupation: Not sure, possibly student, had been attending Longview.
Awards and Accolades: Eagle Scout, Presidential Student Service Award
Interests: Cars [link 1] [link 2], Photography (see "Personal Links" below)
Manner of Death: Lost control of his car early this morning on the ramp from Southwest Boulevard to I-35 in Kansas City, KS. He was wearing his seatbelt but the car rolled and the belt failed to hold him in the car.

Personal Links:

]]> http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/11/jesse_lamison.html http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/11/jesse_lamison.html Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:28:05 -0600 RIP: Ryan Sageser 20051106.jpg

Age: 17
Sex: Male
Occupation: Student
Awards and Accolades: 2005 Winner of the Why Flying Is Important To Me essay contest / “Be A Pilot” scholarship. (The first-ever winner.) Also a recipient of the Amelia Earhart Award, the second-highest award a cadet can receive from the Civil Air Patrol.
Manner of Death: The Cessna he was piloting crashed in a field while returning to Wichita from a concert in Tulsa on November 4, 2006. Also killed was his 46-year-old father Markham Sageser. Two Ryan's 18-year-old friends survived the crash with serious injuries.

I'll never understand why anyone would think they can get into small aircraft on a regular basis and expect to get to live long enough to die of natural causes.

]]> http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/11/rip_ryan_sageser.html http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/11/rip_ryan_sageser.html Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:46:27 -0600 RIP: William Craine 20061018.jpg
NO, not THAT William Craine!

Age: 35
Sex: Male
Occupation: Seasonal worker for the Missouri Department of Transportation
Manner of Death: Run over by an 18-wheeler about noon yesterday on I-44 in Webster County, MO while installing a road sign memorializing a Highway Patrol officer who was run over near the same spot a year ago.

]]> http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/10/rip_william_craine.html http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/10/rip_william_craine.html Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:02:07 -0600 RIP: Anthony Vital 20061016.jpg

Age: 28
Sex: Male
Occupation: MC/lyricist for the Lawrence, KS rap group Da BombSquad
Manner of Death: Found dead along the side of 40 Hwy just west of Lawrence on Oct. 15, foul play.

According to Lawrence.com as of Oct. 16, there are no upcoming shows scheduled. I would imagine that will continue to be the case.

]]> http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/10/rip_anthony_vital.html http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/10/rip_anthony_vital.html Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:46:34 -0600 RIP: Tyler Stanger 20061012.jpg
Before heading to the plane, Stanger clarified that flying is actually very safe.

"The most dangerous part about flying is the drive to the airport," Stanger said. "It's a wing. It's very safe. It's the wing that flies, it's not the engine."

Link

“He was probably my best student,” Stanger said in a telephone interview. “He learned very, very quickly, and a lot of it is desire. He had huge desire.

“Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane. But to learn quickly takes money and time. Of course, Cory had plenty of money, and it was the off-season, so he had the time.”

Lidle, who is making $3.3 million this season, met with Stanger twice a week, for three or four hours at a time, all winter. He became queasy once, Stanger said, somewhere over New Mexico while returning from Texas. Otherwise, Lidle was a natural.

Part of Stanger’s job is to surprise students by simulating emergencies. He will pull the throttle to the idle position, essentially letting the plane coast as if the engine were failing.

Other times, he said, he would instruct a student to wear blinders so only the instrument panel was visible, simulating bad weather. Then Stanger would tilt the plane nose-high or nose-low, making the student recover by trusting the instruments.

“Most people get kind of ruffled,” Stanger said. “He was like, ‘O.K., no big deal.’ A lot of it is his mental state.

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If Lidle re-signs with the Yankees, he would fly at his own risk; in the Yankees’ standard contract, a player who injures himself in an off-field activity like flying would jeopardize the guaranteed money in his deal.

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Age: 26
Sex: Male
Occupation: Flight Instructor, owner of StangAir in La Verne, CA
Manner of Death: Was in the plane piloted by Cory Lidle when it crashed into a New York skyscraper.

]]> http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/10/rip_tyler_stanger.html http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/10/rip_tyler_stanger.html Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:33:49 -0600 RIP: Cory Lidle 20061011.jpg
From Gallery.PhillyBurbs.com



Hmmm... I guess he should have checked it a little more thoroughly...


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From CNN


Age: 34
Sex: Male
Occupation: MLB pitcher, New York Yankees and formerly the Philadelphia Phillies
Manner of Death: Piloting airplane that developed a fuel problem, crashed into a Manhattan high-rise while attempting to return to the airport.

]]> http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/10/rip_cory_lidle.html http://www.scootutopia.com/dead/2006/10/rip_cory_lidle.html Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:16:50 -0600