Her excitement to fly Tony caused her to not only miss checking the gas, she had a doctor friend as a co-pilot. They all lost their lives. We lost one of Golf True Ambassadors of the game.
She filled it up at the start, before she flew from joliet Illinois to pick him up in Akron Ohio (when Lema found out it was a female pilot, he didn't want to go, but was talked into it). Her problem was that she overestimated the range on her plane, and she didn't gas up when she arrived to pick up Lema, when she easily could have. She had 700 multi engine hours, but only 15 hours in the make and model of the plane that crashed.
Great player, greater gentleman. The wonderful, unique, Tony.
He brought the "champagne" image to golf!
such a shame. his female pilot did not check the gas gauge before leaving the ground. inexcusable, i think. what do u think
Her excitement to fly Tony caused her to not only miss checking the gas, she had a doctor friend as a co-pilot. They all lost their lives. We lost one of Golf True Ambassadors of the game.
Hi, like nearly all plane crashes, this was so so ridiculous and unnecessary.
She filled it up at the start, before she flew from joliet Illinois to pick him up in Akron Ohio (when Lema found out it was a female pilot, he didn't want to go, but was talked into it). Her problem was that she overestimated the range on her plane, and she didn't gas up when she arrived to pick up Lema, when she easily could have. She had 700 multi engine hours, but only 15 hours in the make and model of the plane that crashed.
@@markdavis9148 That's so awful. Even after all these years, the easy avoidability of his death is so so sad.