Pilot of Air Florida Flight 90 which crashed into the Potomac River. He was survived by his wife Joanne Wheaton and their sons Eli Wheaton and Joshua Wheaton. Sources: Voboril, Mary. (February 9, 1984). Widow gives Scientologists funds destined for probate. The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. p. 1A. Widow donated...

The Captain, Larry M. Wheaton, aged 34, was hired by Air Florida in October 1978 as a first officer. He was promoted to captain in August 1980. At the time of the accident, he had about 8,300 total flight hours, with 2,322 hours of commercial jet experience, all logged at Air Florida.

Jan 12, 2024 · The pilot, Larry Wheaton, had never flown in snow before, and took off without inspecting his plane first.

4 days ago · "We're going down" Pilot Larry Wheaton and co-pilot Roger Pettit noticed something was wrong as the plane rolled down the runway. "God, look at that thing! That don't seem right, does it?"

Feb 5, 1982 · Just 63 seconds before the crash, the co-pilot, Alan Pettit, who was flying the plane, said to Capt. Larry Wheaton: ''God, look at that thing. (pause) That don't seem right, does it? (pause) Ah ...

Feb 4, 1982 · 'I know it,' captain Larry Wheaton replied, as the sound of impact was heard according to transcripts released by the National Transportation Safety Board of the cockpit voice recorder.

Aug 5, 2002 · Flight 90 never got higher than a few hundred feet, and the pilots saw the crash coming. "Larry, we're going down, Larry," said First Officer Roger Pettit. — I know it," said Capt. Larry Wheaton.

Feb 15, 1982 · It [gives] you a false sense of security, that’s all it does.” Replied the pilot, Captain Larry Wheaton, 34: “That, ah, satisfies the feds.”

Jan 13, 1992 · The board concluded that Capt. Larry Wheaton and First Officer Roger Pettit, two young and inexperienced pilots, did not have the plane’s wings properly de-iced.

Feb 7, 1982 · In a tape of the cockpit conversation released last week, Capt. Larry Wheaton and his co-pilot, Alan Pettit, joked nervously as snow fell on the runways and the planes waiting to use them. Mr ...