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2021-03-08 -Obits-

Olivier Dassault, France's 9th Richest Man, Dies In Helicopter Crash

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Posted by Somber Goings-on2021 2021-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 Doesn't matter how much money you have, reality is still a bitch.

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2021-03-08 01:14|| 2021-03-08 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 69 years and a billion €: c'est de bonnes affaires, ca / that's a pretty good run.

Posted by Choth Elmeasing4056 2021-03-08 06:41|| 2021-03-08 06:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Helicopters, I never liked em.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-08 07:00|| 2021-03-08 07:00|| Front Page Top

#4 The grim joke: What was the last thing that went through (helo crash celebrity's name here)?

His teeth...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-03-08 07:45|| 2021-03-08 07:45|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Should have been What was the last thing that went through helo crash celebrity's mind?

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-03-08 07:46|| 2021-03-08 07:46|| Front Page Top

#6 The personal conveyances of the hurried wealthy are often their undoing. I try to seldom be in such a hurry.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-08 08:21|| 2021-03-08 08:21|| Front Page Top

#7 I try to seldom be in such a hurry.

Posted by Jumbo Whomble6553 2021-03-08 11:14|| 2021-03-08 11:14|| Front Page Top

#8 How does a helicopter fly?

By beating the air into submission

Posted by Beavis 2021-03-08 11:22|| 2021-03-08 11:22|| Front Page Top

#9 A great man once said,

Posted by Vinegar Spolusing6485 2021-03-08 12:08|| 2021-03-08 12:08|| Front Page Top

#10 flying in choppers is a numbers game

Posted by 746 2021-03-08 12:27|| 2021-03-08 12:27|| Front Page Top

#11 I spend many hours as baggage and cargo in OH58, UH-1, CH-46, Hughes 500 and CH-47s. My CH-47 pilot was an Army Guard Captain who said he always looked at the size of the oil slick under the aircraft to determine how the maintenance was going, and described his aircraft as thousands of spare parts flying in very close formation.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-03-08 13:41|| 2021-03-08 13:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Accusations that Dassault died in the crash of a Boeing-built helicopter were immediately denied.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-03-08 16:31|| 2021-03-08 16:31|| Front Page Top

#13 The personal conveyances of the hurried wealthy are often their undoing.

I have wondered if Kobe's pilot was told, despite the weather, "Get us to the game on-time or you'll never work in (the wealthy personal transportion) industry again!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-03-08 16:56|| 2021-03-08 16:56|| Front Page Top

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