Sports RIP Kobe

[Betty Swollocks]

I’ve driven from Newport Beach to Santa Barbara, I took about 2 hours, it's a bit further than Irving to Camarillo, so no I don’t see the point in taking a helicopter.

It's IrvinE, not Irving.

Right now, before the rush hour has got going, Google Maps is saying a journey of 2 hours 35 mins TO THE CRASH SITE, nevermind the destination.

And yes I do think taking a helicopter for a short hop like that is excessive.

So therefore everybody on board deserved to die?

You should also know given your job that the flight conditions were pretty poor.

What the HELL does this have to do with Bryant or any of the other passengers?! You really are monumentally stupid.

Seriously guys! Can we let the dead lie? Have some bloody respect for the deceased. Why does every thread on this forum turn into ‘my pinkie is bigger than your pinkie’?

mods; please close this thread. It’s disgusting how everything here turns into a damn argument

There's only one person causing this and his name rhymes with Kiwi Knob.

When the passenger is paying the bills they can decide for themselves, you know this wasn't a commercial flight.

What utter garbage. Certainly, I'm sure there's a certain amount of "pressure" sometimes, but no passenger is deciding ANYTHING.

Why? He was a rapist and woman beater, he deserves about as much respect as Weinstein will get when he's dead.

The rape allegations were the only thing I knew of Bryant before the crash. I'm no basketball fan, nor am I in any way sympathetic to Bryant, but from what I gather, the rape allegations were just that, and it wasn't as black and white as Bryant raping someone. The accuser refused to testify and instead the matter went to a civil court where it was settled early and privately. Bryant apologised and said he was wrong to think it was consensual. For me this is not enough to say Bryant is a "rapist".

As for him being a "wife beater", I have no knowledge of this, and I see no results for it in Google.

 

[empower77]

Why? He was a rapist and woman beater, he deserves about as much respect as Weinstein will get...

The fact that you cannot respect the dead is disturbing.. Are you that empty inside? If someone on here would pass on would you still be this flaming jerk?

 

[Betty Swollocks]

I think Kiwi Knob is trolling. He has a history of this, and I've seen him on Airliners.net do the same thing (although I'm not a member).

Just ignore him and he will go away. What a sad and pathetic individual he is.

 

[KiwiRob]

The fact that you cannot respect the dead is disturbing.. Are you that empty inside? If some...

he’s a rapist why should he be respected, next thing you’ll be telling me I should respect Stalin or Hitler.

 

[KiwiRob]

It's IrvinE, not Irving.

Right now, before the rush hour has got going, Google Maps i...

Oh no I made a typo. This Morning my google maps is saying 90 minutes.

I’m pretty certain that if Kobe decided that he didn’t want to fly the pilot would have had to have respected that and not flown. Remember this isn’t a scheduled commercial flight, it was a charter.

 

[empower77]

he’s a rapist why should he be respected, next thing you’ll be telling me I should respect...

The dead are dead. Whatever they have done they are dead. If you don’t have respect for the dead you cannot respect anything else

 

[KiwiRob]

The dead are dead. Whatever they have done they are dead. If you don’t have respect for th...

Nah I’ll respect people who are worthy of respect and not respect those who aren’t.

Tell me why should someone who wasn’t a decent person in life all of a sudden command respect once they are dead?

 

[empower77]

Nah I’ll respect people who are worthy of respect and not respect those who aren’t.

Tell...

I don’t know how much more I can dumb it down for you.. you’re respecting death not necessarily the individual. Death is the final equalizer.

 

[Wolfgang]

MB Passion

 

[LaArtist]

Oh no I made a typo. This Morning my google maps is saying 90 minutes.

I’m pretty certain t...

You must be retarded. How many times
do we have to tell you charter, school flight , private flight , Commercial whatever the f#ck kind of flight the passenger does not decide if you go or not the pilot does. And if the pilot let’s
Anyone else decide including his own desire to get to the destination he is WRONG, the decision to fly or not fly is based only in ...

haha damn I just got sucked into it I said
I won’t try to explain it to you.

f#ck it close
The thread

 

[sako97]

f#ck it close
The thread

I second this motion. We can't say RIP in peace..... Kobe positively impacted millions and millions more continue to mourn, yet we we find ourselves here because of ignorance.

 

[klier]

RIP legend

I can only imagine what he was going through as the helicopter was going

This dude here is as far as eyewitness as you can get, and he makes it sound as if they probably never saw it coming (which would be such a relief). They likely hit the hill head on in deep deep fog, unlike local residents had ever seen:

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Well spoken interview, imo
A sound engineer with a passion for aviation, can't get much better than that in this particular case I'd wager...

 

[hovabongZA]

RIP legend



This dude here is as far as eyewitness as you can get, and he makes it sound as if th...

I was listening to the conversation between the pilot and the TC the pilot was so calm doesn’t appear they were aware of the imminent crash.

 

[klier]

Yep.. those things are not meant to fly, you can make most things fly with the help of propulsio...

Meh. Planes are not meant to fly either....

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This vid (2 mins) made my palms f'ing sweaty. I can't even imagine the horrors.

Enjoy your flight back. These machines are all goddamn scary.

 

[klier]

I was listening to the conversation between the pilot and the TC the pilot was so calm does...

I believe they had no ideas were they were at all. Just flying and suddenly nothing. The end.

 

[KiwiRob]

You must be retarded. How many times
do we have to tell you charter, school flight , private fli...

what complete bullshit if I own the plane and I decide I don’t want to use it I won’t, it’s that simple how come you can’t understand that?

 

[LaArtist]

Meh. Planes are not meant to fly either....

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This vid (2 mins)...

Lool that video is the worst shit I’ve seen since the last bmw. Haha I always wondered who watches shit like this and believe it.. it’s YOU hahah

 

[klier]

You're high on those cigars. It's ok.

If you don't think it can all go horribly wrong in mere minutes you're probably a pilot on MS flight simulator.

 

[donkeykong]

I’m a pilot trust me I know this , but I’m in Havana Cuba right now smoking a freshly hand m...

How was that earthquake? Stay safe out there man.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Oh no I made a typo. This Morning my google maps is saying 90 minutes.

Yes, and what time is it in LA? Right now it's telling me just over one hour (at 2am). The problem is, at the time of day Bryant was travelling it was the rush hour. Put your journey into Google Maps when it's 9am in LA, then we can talk.

I’m pretty certain that if Kobe decided that he didn’t want to fly the pilot would have had to have respected that and not flown. Remember this isn’t a scheduled commercial flight, it was a charter.

So, it's Bryant's fault for not overuling the pilot and saying it's not safe to fly, even though Bryant doesn't have any kind of pilot's license?

You really are a complete fool.