ORIGINAL: bntwngbrd
I was flying the plane for about 3 minutes and did some very minor aerobatics. These consisted of a 4 point roll, half a cuban eight, a fly by and a slow roll. After the slow roll I rolled out to a slow right turn, nothing tight just a casual turn, then banked to the left for a 270 turn to put me back over the runway. Well the whole time that I was flying the owner was standing right next to me. STILL SAYING NOTHING !!!!
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AGAIN THE PLANE WAS HANDED TO ME AT FULL THROTTLE AND NOTHING WAS SAID BY THE OWNER.
I'm a bit unclear as to why you believe the full throttle hand-over is relevant to the incident...since you flew for three minutes or more thereafter.
And you mention several times that "nothing was said by the owner...". About what? The supposed battery problems?
Finally, you say you brought docs talking about the other guy reneging on buying folks' airplanes, but I fail to see how this is relevant to the issue the court had in front of them. (impeachment as a witness?)
Out of curiousity, did you know this guy before? Had you heard about him? Did you know his work? Had the plane been in the air earlier that day? Prior to flying the plane, did you ask if it had any recent radio issues or other problems?
Sorry to hear about the incident.
Good Luck!