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Wal-Mart Heir Killed in Plane Crash

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Someone who earn a Silver Star for risking his life to save others in Vietnam deserves a bit more than some internet geek bashing him on his death....
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
good. fscking chinese loving asshole. now maybe the company can start getting back to sam's vision. he was a traitor to his father's memory.
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He went peepee in my discount coke.
 
Yes, it's MUCH more intelligent to buy your Pennzoil & Scott tissue for 20% more at the store of cruzer's choice! :roll:
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Wal-Mart Heir Killed in Plane Crash

NEW YORK (June 27) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said John Walton, the second son of its founder, Sam Walton, was killed in a airplane crash on Monday.

Wal-Mart said John Walton was killed when an ultra-light aircraft he was piloting crashed shortly after take-off from the Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park.

The cause of the crash has not yet been determined, Wal-Mart said in a statement.

He was a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors.

In March, Forbes Magazine listed Walton as No. 11 on its list of the world's richest people, with a net worth of $18.2 billion, tied with his brother Jim Walton.
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Wow, this has to be the world's most costliest plane crash.
 
I think the most obvious point here has been overlooked:

Had he purchased his ultra-light at costco it could easily be returned provided his family still has the receipt.
 
For the "Rich people shouldn't be pilots" crowd, FYI, he was flying an ULTRALIGHT. Basicly a bunch of balsa wood and a lawn mower engine ... not a real airplaine. Those people who strap a giant fan to their back and fly around with parachutes, that's another example of an ultralight. Ultralights are not your standard run of the mill airplane, they are basicly flying deathtraps. Most ultralights don't even require pilots licenses. If he had been flying a a "real" airplaine that requires a "real" pilots lisence, he would have MUCH better chances. Ultralights are like the motorcycles of the airplaine world, very dangerous. Even a small 2 seater Cessna with an aluminium frame is pretty damn safe. Though in general, two engine or better planes tend to be the safest. (If one engine goes out, you can usually limp along on one single engine to an airstrip.)
 
I heard a few days ago on a documentary on the rise of the Walmart empire that the "chinese invasion" in their stores started with the economic crash in the early 1990s just after the death of Sam Walton, the founder. Before that time, they were already the biggest retailer in America...

 
Originally posted by: dartworth
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interesting link...
so I looked up at a local flying club's website, and apparently, in order to get a commercial pilot's licence, their 1 year program will run about 36k CAD$! woah!
on their site, thy make it sound as though you're on your merry way looking for a job after you graduate, but anyone know how likely it is that a company would actually hire you as a commercial pilot right out of school?
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
The guy was a careless fvcktard who could have had anything & everything, yet threw it all away for what?:roll:
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It was his choice to make. Not yours, not mine, his. This was a risk he was willing to take, and unfortunately the risk turned to reality.

It's pretty easy to comment when something disastrous happens. Maybe I should comment everytime someone successfully flies a plane, or rides a motorcycle without getting into an accident?
 
Originally posted by: Keyvan
Originally posted by: dartworth
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interesting link...
so I looked up at a local flying club's website, and apparently, in order to get a commercial pilot's licence, their 1 year program will run about 36k CAD$! woah!
on their site, thy make it sound as though you're on your merry way looking for a job after you graduate, but anyone know how likely it is that a company would actually hire you as a commercial pilot right out of school?
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You have a very, very slim chance of actually joining a commerical airline after receiving your pilots license. Quite a few pilots are ex-Airforce pilots with years of experience.
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
When will rich people learn to stop trying to pilot their own experimental airplanes.
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Fixed.

RIP
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Originally posted by: BigJ

It was his choice to make. Not yours, not mine, his. This was a risk he was willing to take, and unfortunately the risk turned to reality.

It's pretty easy to comment when something disastrous happens. Maybe I should comment everytime someone successfully flies a plane, or rides a motorcycle without getting into an accident?
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So, you think John Walton's little thrill/exploit was worth it? Any doubt he'd still be around enjoying life, if he'd given a little more thought to the risks involved?


I'd rather die young and have a hell of a time in the process, than die as an old man and wonder where all my time went.

He probably had the same lame attitude. Now, some relatives will be having a hell of a time in the process of spending his money, but I'm sure it was worth it. :roll:
 
Umm, in my personal experience the safest "plane" I've ever flown in was an ultralight. It was a glider with a small engine on it, and this was in Hawaii. The pilot bought the ultralight, so I assume they are semi-mass produced, or at least they are not experimental. The pilot said that if we lost the engine, we could easily travel to a safe landing spot(it acts basically the same as a hangblider)...

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
For the "Rich people shouldn't be pilots" crowd, FYI, he was flying an ULTRALIGHT. Basicly a bunch of balsa wood and a lawn mower engine ... not a real airplaine. Those people who strap a giant fan to their back and fly around with parachutes, that's another example of an ultralight. Ultralights are not your standard run of the mill airplane, they are basicly flying deathtraps. Most ultralights don't even require pilots licenses. If he had been flying a a "real" airplaine that requires a "real" pilots lisence, he would have MUCH better chances. Ultralights are like the motorcycles of the airplaine world, very dangerous. Even a small 2 seater Cessna with an aluminium frame is pretty damn safe. Though in general, two engine or better planes tend to be the safest. (If one engine goes out, you can usually limp along on one single engine to an airstrip.)
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Originally posted by: Ornery
Originally posted by: BigJ

It was his choice to make. Not yours, not mine, his. This was a risk he was willing to take, and unfortunately the risk turned to reality.

It's pretty easy to comment when something disastrous happens. Maybe I should comment everytime someone successfully flies a plane, or rides a motorcycle without getting into an accident?
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So, you think John Walton's little thrill/exploit was worth it? Any doubt he'd still be around enjoying life, if he'd given a little more thought to the risks involved?


I'd rather die young and have a hell of a time in the process, than die as an old man and wonder where all my time went.

He probably had the same lame attitude. Now, some relatives will be having a hell of a time in the process of spending his money, but I'm sure it was worth it. :roll:
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To him it probably was. I'd honestly like to know how you know how much time and thought he put into the risks associated with this. Hindsight is 20/20.

I'm sorry if you think your line of thinking and risk assessment is the only correct version out there. You have no right to try control anyone else's life but your own.
 
chinese isn't a race. it might be nationalist, but what else am i to call a guy whose company is wholesale selling out his own country to the chinese? no, that right there is brutal honesty.

of course i like how, rather than refuting the facts i've presented, i've only been confronted with personal attacks.
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Exactly, last time I checked there was only one human race...

The blood from a type AB+ person can be transfused into another type AB+ person, no matter the nationality. Strangely enough, when people wake up in the bathtubs full off ice missing a kidney, I really doubt they think "Sh!t, damn aliens at it again..."

 
You have no right to try control anyone else's life but your own.

I said, he's a fvcktard for playing fast & loose with his life, which is known as AN OPINION, NOT "controlling anyone else's life". ( God, the thick skulled tards who are allowed to post here... :roll: )
 
Originally posted by: maddogchen
This guy was a Green Beret in Vietnam. He was awarded the Silver Star for saving his fellow soldiers. He was also a Philanthropist.
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But what difference does that make? He's from "Wal-mart" - you know, the company that routinely steals, molests, then cooks and eat babies! :roll:


You people who are cheering this are total and absolute ignorant fvcktards. You claim that because Wal-mart does everything it can to make a profit, like buying from China or paying minimum wage, they are somehow evil? Nice logic. I hope none of you ever claim deductions when you file your taxes in an effort to legally save money. There might be a line of people outside your house, waiting to cheer when your kid dies. :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
You have no right to try control anyone else's life but your own.

I said, he's a fvcktard for playing fast & loose with his life, which is known as AN OPINION, NOT "controlling anyone else's life". ( God, the thick skulled tards who are allowed to post here... :roll: )
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Thanks for addressing my entire post :thumbsup:

Speaking of thick skulled tards, you call others such when for example, you brought Dave's Jobs post into a thread that had nothing to do with it? Pot, kettle, black?
 
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