Roy Halladay, 40, dies in plane crash in Gulf of Mexico

[RhodeIslandOne]

Source: ESPN

Roy Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher who retired from baseball nearly four years ago, has died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. He was 40.

Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said during a news conference that Halladay's ICON A5, a small single-engine aircraft, went down about noon Tuesday near Holiday, Florida.

The sheriff's office marine unit responded to the downed plane and found Halladay's body. No survivors were found. They said they couldn't confirm if there were additional passengers on the plane or say where it was headed.

Halladay recently received his pilot's license and tweeted photos last month of himself standing next to a new ICON A5 as part of the plane's marketing campaign.

Read more: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21331438/roy-halladay-40-dies-plane-crash-gulf-mexico

[bathroommonkey76]

1. Sad news.

Roy was a great pitcher, RIP.

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[VermontKevin]

2. Perfect game winner. He was perfection, RIP.

[jmowreader]

3. If you'd like to see a company that hates its customers...

...the manufacturer of this plane qualifies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICON_A5

In April 2016 the ICON A5 purchaser's agreement was made public and was noted by the aviation media as containing many controversial elements not usually found in aircraft purchase agreements. These include contractually required pilot training, maintenance, agreements not to sue, the requirement for factory airframe overhauls every 2,000 hours, or ten years (whichever comes first), and a limit on the aircraft's life of 6,000 hours, or thirty years. Furthermore, each aircraft would be equipped with a camera and recorder to monitor pilot behavior, that is owned by the manufacturer but must be maintained by the owner. Owners would have to agree to be "supportive" of the company. Future owners were required to sign the same agreement or face penalties.[50][51]

The agreement was widely criticized by the aviation media, including Plane & Pilot, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AVweb and the Experimental Aircraft Association, among others.[52][50][51][53][54][55]

In responding to the criticism, ICON CEO Kirk Hawkins issued an open letter on April 8, 2016, that said in part, "To those following the ICON Aircraft Purchase Agreement discussion: We hear you–loud and clear. And I promise, we’re listening carefully...If we need to improve our contract to help safely grow our industry–we will."[56][57]

[bathroommonkey76]

6. I wonder if this contract was signed by their employees who died in May

The NTSB needs to look into this company before more people die.

[StevieM]

4. So sad. He was a great pitcher. I remember the first time I saw him pitching.

It was 1998, the year of the McGuire/Sosa home run record chase. He was pitching on the last day of the season. He lost a no hitter in the 9th inning. That was his first year in the majors. He would have been pitching a perfect game--and not been facing the 28th batter who ultimately broke the no-hitter up--had it not been for an error by Jose Cansceco.

RIP Roy.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Roy Halladay Takes Delivery of First 2018 ICON A5

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Roy Halladay has been passionate about flying his entire life. As a Major League Baseball player however, he was contractually prevented from getting his pilot’s license. When he retired in 2013, he finally fulfilled his lifelong dream, and in October of 2017, he became the owner of a particularly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=WPjXriUMW_8

This ICON is made just down the road from me; seeing them fly overhead is common.



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[flakey_foont]

7. Ond of the greats

R.I.P., Doc.