OT: Russ Francis died in a plane crash

[rudad02]

Francis was a good tight end with the Patriots & Niners. RIP Russ.

 

[RUPete]

Geez, terrible news. Very good tight end with the Pats Steve Grogan teams. Sad.

 

[mdk02]

Had his pilots license when he was with the Pats. Small planes are not forgiving. RIP

 

[e5fdny]

He was the first one I remember being called “All World” at his position.

 

[Shelby65]

Damn. Maybe the best TE in his era ?

 

[RU4Real]

Small planes are not forgiving.

Not sure what this means, unless it's a reference to those that only have one engine. Loss of power immediately following take-off is extremely rare, but when it does happen pilots are taught that attempting the ~180 degree turn back to the runway is generally a bad idea because there's too much altitude lost in the turn.

Always a sad day when an aviator goes down.

 

[wisr01]

Not sure what this means, unless it's a reference to those that only have one engine. Loss of power immediately following take-off is extremely rare, but when it does happen pilots are taught that attempting the ~180 degree turn back to the runway is generally a bad idea because there's too much altitude lost in the turn.

Always a sad day when an aviator goes down.

Impossible Turn

 

[RUPete]

Damn. Maybe the best TE in his era ?

He was very good, but I have to scour the old memory banks. There were guys like Dave Casper, Raymond Chester, Charlie Young during that time too. Kellen Winslow was a little later but during the end of Russ' era.

 

[Shelby65]

He was very good, but I have to scour the old memory banks. There were guys like Dave Casper, Raymond Chester, Charlie Young during that time too. Kellen Winslow was a little later but during the end of Russ' era.

yeah, Winslow later. Speaking of the Chargers, Russ was at Oregon with Dan Fouts for a year but didn't see action (injury).