Holy shit.. Kobe Bryant!!

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Eight pages. Very fitting.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Axl and the boys where in Miami and dedicated this song to Kobe.


A little bit ago my neighbors kids where shooting ball and if you didn't yell Kobe when you took a shot it was a turnover. We got out there and showed em us old folks could still shoot. KOBE!!!

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

I wish that these rich people would just take limo's.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Lmao!

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Adam Silver just announced that the All-Star MVP Award will now be named the Kobe Bryant MVP Award.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

MJ at the Kobe memorial. Legendary.

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

"Vanessa Bryant, the widow of late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, has filed a lawsuit for wrongful death against helicopter company Island Express, which owned the S-76 Sikorsky helicopter in which Kobe, his daughter Gianna, and seven others died during a crash in the hills of Calabasas on Jan. 26"



Why?

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

"Vanessa Bryant, the widow of late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, has filed a lawsuit for wrongful death against helicopter company Island Express, which owned the S-76 Sikorsky helicopter in which Kobe, his daughter Gianna, and seven others died during a crash in the hills of Calabasas on Jan. 26"



Why?

Because money. Free gibbs.

Arguably the pilot made a poor decision to fly under SVFR that day. I'm sure they'll settle with their insurance company.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Part of flying is accepting the risk that you may crash and die. It sounds harsh but it is what it is. The pilot was a good pilot. The odds where not in that flights favor that day. Sad sure... should the company shell out money because of it. I don't think so. The aircraft did not, to my understanding, have a terrain warning system. I also don't believe it was required by the FAA. So if a terrain warning system could have saved them, wouldn't you sue the FAA for not requiring it? Sounds like a money grab to me.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

"Vanessa Bryant, the widow of late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, has filed a lawsuit for wrongful death against helicopter company Island Express, which owned the S-76 Sikorsky helicopter in which Kobe, his daughter Gianna, and seven others died during a crash in the hills of Calabasas on Jan. 26"



Why?

Yeah saw that too. Doesn't feel right, but to each their own.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

The pilot was a good pilot.

Not saying he wasn't, but he had previous FAA violations.

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Yeah saw that too. Doesn't feel right, but to each their own.

I could see if she wasn't already loaded with more money than she will ever need in a lifetime.

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

Part of flying is accepting the risk that you may crash and die. It sounds harsh but it is what it is. The pilot was a good pilot. The odds where not in that flights favor that day. Sad sure... should the company shell out money because of it. I don't think so. The aircraft did not, to my understanding, have a terrain warning system. I also don't believe it was required by the FAA. So if a terrain warning system could have saved them, wouldn't you sue the FAA for not requiring it? Sounds like a money grab to me.

TWS would not have saved them. The pilot was clearly in a state of spatial disorientation. The risk of flying is less than that of driving a car, so I wholeheartedly disagree with your statement.

The pilot made a poor decision by flying SVFR into IMC. I'll put money on it right now that the final NTSB report will cite the causal factor as human error.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

TWS would not have saved them. The pilot was clearly in a state of spatial disorientation. The risk of flying is less than that of driving a car, so I wholeheartedly disagree with your statement.

The pilot made a poor decision by flying SVFR into IMC. I'll put money on it right now that the final NTSB report will cite the causal factor as human error.

The risk of flying in a plane is less than that of a car... helicopters are a different story. The statement is true though, you accept the risk that you may crash and die if you fly anything... or if you drive, or boat, or ride a train, a horse. I think you can use your whole heart to agree with that as it is fact.

A TWS would or could have given a spatially unaware person a reference to the ground.