That's an impressive video full of effort.

Yet, IFR was not required.

For a reason.

There is no "open water." You can see water. and you see land. You can not mistake the two. That's my point of being up there.

The claim in the video that he lost all visual references just can't be right. That's the thing I think everyone should know. If there were a blackout in the northeast, sure. But it is lit like a frickin Christmas lights. Especially the shorelines. The shorelines are the most obvious.

That video does not accurately depict the conditions. The contrast is intense. Intense. Take a look when on approach to JFK.

I get how spatial disorientation happens. I've experienced it. It can not happen if you know exactly where you are. It's when you brain think there is more than one possibility of where you could be.

Could he have made the mistake without spatial disorientation? That I actually would not rule out. Brain fart & panic can do that alone. But the time he realized he needed to level out the plane to end his steep bank, instead of relieving aileron pressure, he pulled back on the yoke more. The confusion is easy - pulling back does work in gentle/moderate banks no prob, but steep banks your plane has nothing for lift, your ailerons are now working more like a rudder and your rudder no becomes an aileron... that's probably pointed the wrong way.

But assuming he didn't know where he was just can't be right. The stridency in the claim drives me nuts. He could have just made a mistake. Or it could have been sabotage. He didn't need to be spatially disorientated but that line is crammed down our throats so forcefully, I am suspicious because of the players involved.

His dad threatened to end Deep State. We know what happened. Burden is on them to prove they didn't murder his son, daughter-in-law, and her sister.

That's an impressive video full of effort.

Yet, IFR was not required.

For a reason.

There is no "open water." You can see water. and you see land. You can not mistake the two. That's my point of being up there.

The claim in the video that he lost all visual references just can't be right. That's the thing I think everyone should know. If there were a blackout in the northeast, sure. But it is lit like a frickin Christmas lights. Especially the shorelines. The shorelines are the most obvious.

That video does not accurately depict the conditions. The contrast is intense. Intense. Take a look when on approach to JFK.

I get how spatial disorientation happens. I've experienced it. It can not happen if you know exactly where you are. It's when you brain think there is more than one possibility of where you could be.

Could he have made the mistake without spatial disorientation? That I actually would not rule out. Brain fart & panic can do that alone. But the time he realized he needed to level out the plane to end his steep bank, instead of relieving aileron pressure, he pulled back on the yoke more. The confusion is easy - pulling back does work in gentle banks no prob, but steep banks you plane has nothing for lift, your ailerons are now working more like a rudder and your rudder no becomes an aileron... that's probably pointed the wrong way.

Assuming he didn't know where he was just can't be right. The stridency in the claim drives me nuts. He could have just made a mistake. Or it could have been sabotage. He didn't need to be spatially disorientated but that line is crammed down our throats so forcefully, I am suspicious because of the players involved.

His dad threatened to end Deep State. We know what happened. Burden is on them to prove they didn't murder his son, wife, and sister-in-law.