Is your estate safe? A fatal mishap is the last thing on your mind. That's why now's the time to protect your family from the dark side of admiralty law.

From: IFR | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: Farwell, Frank | Copyright information

First there is the unfortunate smoking hole. At the funeral, your friends and family overlook how you sometimes strayed five dots off the localizer, over-descended the DH by 120 feet that time in West Virginia, and once went to a discount mechanic for your annual.

In this worse-case scenario, though, you not only perished, but also maimed and fatally injured passengers and people on the ground. Your family, none of whom know the difference between a localizer and a lawn ...

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