Says He Had No Misgivings About Getting Back In The Cockpit

Roush Fenway Racing owner Jack Roush has made his way back to the cockpit after his accident at AirVenture in Oshkosh this summer, having flown twice ... albeit with a co-pilot ... since his Beech Premier Jet went down on approach at Wittman Field.

Roush said in a teleconference prior to a race coming up this weekend that, along with flying, he is driving a car, and is on a full work schedule at his engineering firm in Michigan. He said while he no longer has use of his left eye, his right corrects to 20/15, which is the same as it was before the accident. "I think I'm back up to full potential," he told reporters participating in the teleconference.

Multiple media sources including Fox News and the Hampton Roads Pilot report that Roush said he "wasn't doing anything reckless" in either accident in which he has been involved. "I simply got into a situation both times where I had no margin and something happened that was a sure enough accident that followed."

Roush's first accident was in 2002. He was flying an Air Cam which struck some power lines and came down upside down in a pond containing about eight feet of water. He was pulled from the airplane by a retired Marine who witnessed the accident and was trained in underwater rescue.

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