Tom Hastings:
https:// www.laprogressive.com/author/tom-h-hastings/
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_VK-30
damn.. that made me laugh coffee out my nose..
Accidents[edit]
At least seven of the approximately 13 VK-30s finished have crashed, with a total of ten fatalities.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
On 22 March 1996, retired astronaut Robert F. Overmyer died at age 59 in the crash of an Allison turbine-powered VK-30. He was testing the aircraft for stall recovery characteristics at aft center of gravity limits when the aircraft departed controlled flight.[8][10]
sauce: https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_VK-30