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Jay Honeck wrote:
> > Um, pardon my ignorance, but what was the "Supercub lawsuit"? Oh, youll love this one, Jay. If its the one I remember, it went like this: Pilot/owner of a Super Cub (or was it just a Cub... is a Super Cub also piloted from the rear seat?) built a home-brew motion picture camera mount in the front seat, then installed a camera and cameraman. Pilot got in the rear seat, and attempted to take off from a private strip. A third party (owner of the strip?) had a dispute with the pilot, and drove a van onto the runway to prevent the takeoff. Pilot continued, hit the van, and the cameraman received severe brain injuries when he hit part of the camera mount. Pilot survived, claimed he couldnt see the van on the runway. The cameramans family filed suit, and naturally the jury found Piper liable for selling an airplane with poor forward visibility. No fooling. Happened in the early 90s I believe. Is this a great country or WHAT? John Parsons |
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