DC10FE Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 For you guys in the commercial world, this may interest you. Last Monday (9/1/08), Swiss captain Urs Anderegg died in a plane crash after departing Rickenbacker International, Ohio. At the time, he was flying a Convair 580 for Air Tahoma. He started his career in American commercial aviation as a DC-8 FO & then a Herc captain for Transamerica. I met him in Khartoum, Sudan in 1985 when we were flying famine relief flights with St. Lucia Airways. I flew with him again in Angola in 1991 when we were flying for Frameair. I also flew with him in 1988 when we flew an A-model out of the boneyard at Davis Monthan AFB to Tucson International. The other 2 crewmembers on the Convair were James Monahan & Sean Gardiner. He was a grumpy old fart (58 years old), but a good pilot. He\'ll be missed. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerkyMerc Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Sorry to hear that, I flew with him in the Caribbean, and in Angola. He wasn't 'too' grumpy in those days. I liked him and thought highly of him as a pilot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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