Originally Posted by skywatch

Not my quote, but maybe apt...

"Whenever we talk about a pilot that has been killed in a flying accident, we should all keep one thing in mind. He called upon the sum of all his knowledge and made a judgement. He believed in it so strongly that he knowingly bet his life on it. That his judgement was faulty is a tragedy, not stupidity. Every instructor, supervisor, and contemporary who ever spoke to him had an opportunity to influence his judgement, so a little bit of all of us goes with every pilot we lose."