The former lawmaker was believed to be aboard a small aircraft that went down in southwest Alaska.
That's terrible.
From "Bridge to Nowhere" to "Flight to Nowhere".
This is pretty tough for me, I lost a 40 year friend in the crash too, and am waiting to hear if my other friend and past neighbor was the pilot... I am devastated..... Terry was a 40,000 hour plus pilot, and from airliners to Albatross's knew how to fly um. He did all of the FAA floatplane safety seminars. He was a passenger.
Sorry to hear that, Northern.
As much as I disagree with Stevens politics, I hope they all survived.
Rick
The Juneau Empire is reporting that Ted Stevens is one of the five that died.
Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend.
my condolences to the families
Godspeed to all.
:love: For Northern :love:
Senator Ted Stevens - a kind man, a true Alaskan
I found out my good friend Theron (Terry) Ackerly Smith, was the pilot... This is almost unimaginable that he would have flown into terrain. TAS, or "True Airspeed" as we call him was the best of the best. The last person on planet earth I would suspect would do so. He just went out to fill in for GCI as their pilot had quit. Terry, godspeed and tailwinds my friend.
The last time I met Senator Stevens, was April 2006 when I was on the same flight from DC coming back to Anchorage. I got 5 minutes of his time before the flight, and spoke to him about Cadastral Survey, CFeDS, the BILS and the role he played in supporting these endeavors. We also talked about my Dad, who had recently passed and was a 48 mission B-24 gunner, which was a miracle. Later when I got back to my seat, I was seated next to a blind man with a guard dog. He too was a WWII vet, and I told him that Senator Ted was on the plane. Well, I could not stand it, so I wrote a note about this man, and asked the Flight Attendant to deliver it to Senator Stevens not wanting to venture into First Class and get mistaken for a threat. About 5 minutes later, Senator Stevens comes back, thanks me, and chats with the blind Veteran in the galley for 20 minutes. No handshake and leave. Even the fact that he came back in the plane cabin was impressive. I followed up with a letter to him and the local newspaper about this one act of kindness.
Senator Ted, you were a kind man, a real person, and a Senator always for Alaska and our Nation. This is going to be a long week for me.
Senator Ted Stevens - a kind man, a true Alaskan
I wish there was something I could say or do to ease the pain on your heart NS. 🙁
*hugs*
I like how in the picture he has his hands on the dogs head. Shows compassion and tenderness. Thank you for sharing. :love:
Senator Ted Stevens - a kind man, a true Alaskan
it was murder he was about to spill the beans--he was an ordered hit straight from the white house---tdd
