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Does anyone have a METAR for LDJ at the approximate time of the accident, 11 am EDT local /1500Z?

Looks like only partial flaps, too. This could have actually been on takeoff...

I met Bob (and several other aviators at "NAS Haller") in passing while flying from the airfield during my sport pilot training in 2008. This hits close to home.

Thanks for the videos. While I've never flown into ADS I used to live next to it, and that airport was my sanctuary of sorts for three years. I was back there on business last month, and was dismayed to find that $#@! RaceTrac station had moved from across the street and took over my old...

https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:11865791059703::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:19-NOV-18,BEECH

The NTSB believes it was a whole flock that took out the wing(s) and right engine. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080304-0

Not sure if this is the "intelligent" choice but I'm hoping to attend at least one of those days. I live in Albuquerque and fly (not nearly enough lately) from SAF so I don't really have an excuse not to drive up there.

It also appears they'd just picked up the accident aircraft this weekend.

NTSB Prelim posted. A witness stated the aircraft was slow to climb on departure. https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20180804X25938&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=FA

Fair question. According to his account here, he delayed his departure from ADS to wait for the storm to blow through, but still caught the back end of it.

Here's the recording, but it's a shared feed largely dominated by the approach frequency. The only time I heard anything regarding the accident aircraft is a brief "seven-romeo-papa" readback at 27:10 and there's no indication of anything amiss. At 29:55, the SNA tower controller advises area...

The pilot, Tim Valentine, was a well-liked longtime member of COPA. He's also the pilot who, in 2013, pulled CAPS after an inadvertent thunderstorm encounter over North Texas in his SR22, only to have the 'chute fail to deploy. He managed to regain control and make an emergency landing back at...

This is the approach we used a couple of years ago in scattering the ashes of a friend over SAF. His widow mustered up the courage to fly in the Remos - with the door off! - to perform the task...

My CFI was there when I left but decided to go to lunch before I got back. I still kid him about not waiting around to at least help me put the plane back in the hangar.

Landing gear fire following (likely overweight) landing: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/delta-landing-gear-fire-hartsfield-jackson-atlanta-airport-today-2018-03-29/

Sport pilot, no medical. All he had to do was act like a sane human being long enough for training and the checkride, and for his BFRs.

Agreed. Shuster was likely to retire anyway at the end of 2018 as he'd have to give up his T&I chairmanship after six years, and not seeking reelection essentially grants him carte blanche to act without even the pretense of consideration for voter interests. I'd go so far as to say he's now...

I'll stick with "more sure than not" while allowing for the qualifiers you mention. TA wouldn't spend the money otherwise.

Next to no impact, as the slow and unpressurized SkyCourier would be an ill-fit for corporate travel, air ambulance, and other traditional KA roles. Not to mention that CEO Ernest would never approve a new aircraft development program that robbed from an existing cash cow (45 King Airs...

I don't think so, as we're really speaking of two very distinct segments. This is aimed squarely at freight feeders (with short-haul passenger ops a VERY distant second) and that's definitely an underserved niche. Chances are good that FedEx affiliates will comprise +/- 75% of all SkyCourier...