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.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"My own feeling -- and I wasn't there -- was knowing Mike and knowing the situation that something developed at a point where no response was possible. It was either fly into the power line or try to get over the power line. I suppose most anybody would try to get over the power line."

Source: Col. Daniel O'Toole, USAF (Ret.). talking about his son, Col. Michael J. O'Toole, USAF, and his fatal crash in a Cessna 182. The crash took his life but spared those of his wife and daughter. The NTSB has just released the final report on the crash.

FMI: http://www2.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20030814X01338&ntsbno=CHI03FA251&akey=1