Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The weather wasn't a factor, there didn't appear to be any problems with the pilots that were certified. It's one of these see and avoid things when you are flying under visual flight rules conditions. It's incumbent upon the pilots to see and avoid the other pilots."

Source: NTSB investigator Tom Little, on the scene of a mid-air collision near Olympia Washington. Sunday's accident claimed the life of one pilot and injured another; for Ghyn Loveness, it was the second time in less than a year he survived an air accident in which a fatality was involved.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov