I thought the 88-y-o is the guy who sold it to him?
“Then there’s the 88-year-old [retired] pilot who built the airplane and sold it to Collier…
“On June 25, Collier flew commercial, landing at Los Angeles’ LAX where Lynn Swann, the retired pilot, airplane builder and self-described grumpy old man’ who’d advertised the Seawind 3000 for sale, was there to meet him.”
Here’s a report (in French) in the respected newspaper Le Figaro, which does mention the delayed departure:
https://www.lefigaro.fr/economie/un-avion-ryanair-decolle-en-laissant-une-cinquantaine-de-ses-passagers-a-l-aeroport-20210621
The article includes the sentence
“On peut supposer que la compagnie aurait donc refusé l'accès aux derniers passagers enregistrés afin d'éviter un retard supplémentaire.”
(One can suppose that the airline had refused to board the last passengers, in order to avoid a further delay.)
In any case during the 20 years I lived in Paris, I never flew Ryanair and “pour cause” (for [good] reason).
The official report on the incident was issued only six days ago. Here’s a link for those who read French, although there are also videos/photos that are probably worth more than 1000 words in any language:
https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/un-passager-de-rafale-s-ejecte-par-erreur-et-rien-ne-va-plus-08-04-2020-2370568_23.php
First of all, the virus hasn’t spread to “every part of the country” – yet.
And though admittedly not the same thing, the U.S. is denying entry to foreign nationals who recently visited China:
https://wapo.st/31fcitF
I’m all for it, having always loved the Thalys during the 20 years I lived in Paris. Or I should say during the latter part of my 20 years in Paris. Thalys (which came after the Eurostar aka Chunnel train) is very civilized. Whereas I always hated changing planes at Schiphol the few times I had to, either returning to Paris from Asia or from some relatively small airport in Germany.
