Teen attempting world flight record, killed in plane crash

[Babbles]

If you don't understand this, perhaps get off your own ass and push the limits of humanity.

Not to be too dismissive of what the kid was trying to do, but I don't think this is in anyway of pushing "the limits of humanity." If this was achieved, I don't think any advances in society or technology would have occurred.

Also from the article, it looks as if the kid was unprepared for the journey (heck a blog post from his own father seems to imply just that). He recently received his license ratings for that aircraft in June. Perhaps a bit too soon to fly around the world.

 

[John Connor]

Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to Senator Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Bush postponed college, enlisted in the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday, and became the youngest aviator in the U.S. Navy at the time.[1][2] He served until the end of the war, then attended Yale University. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by the age of 40.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush


A lot of young blood flew those planes in WWII and did a lot of good in dire circumstances.

 

[John Connor]

Only 6 years older.

It wasn’t until 1920, when Earhart was 23 years old, that she developed an interest in airplanes. While visiting her father in California, she attended an air show and the stunt-flying feats she watched convinced her that she had to try flying for herself. Earhart took her first flying lesson on January 3, 1921. According to her instructors, Earhart wasn’t a “natural” at piloting an airplane; instead, she made up for a lack of talent with plenty of hard work and a passion for flying. Earhart received her “Aviator Pilot” certification from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale on May 16, 1921 -- a major step for any pilot at the time.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/Amelia-Earhart.htm