Jim Tweto killed in plane crash

[M-Tecs]

Legendary Bush Pilot Jim Tweto and one other person were killed in a plane crash this morning. I am currently in Unalakleet AK. I didn't personally know him but the friend I am staying with in Unalakleet is a very good friend of Jim's. Condolences to Jim's family.

[garandsrus]

Very sad to hear this. He seemed like a really nice guy….

[M-Tecs]

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/aviation/2023/06/16/famed-bush-pilot-jim-tweto-and-idaho-passenger-reported-dead-in-western-alaska-plane-crash/

https://www-alaskasnewssource-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/17/ntsb-investigating-western-alaska-plane-crash/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16869932071940&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaskasnewssource.com%2 F2023%2F06%2F17%2Fntsb-investigating-western-alaska-plane-crash%2F

[square butte]

We are diminished - One more of the good ones gone. He'll be missed

[HWooldridge]

I used to watch their show every week. What a great loss!

[abunaitoo]

I watched the show.
He seemed like a good man.
Any loss is one to many.

[tommag]

I never met him, but I have a good friend who knew him well. He says jim was a good man.

[Cast10]

Enjoyed his/family show…….Always good scenery from AK and bush piloting……As a fellow pilot, hard to hear……

“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air . . .
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor even eagle flew –
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.”

[lightman]

I have never met the Man but may He RIP. Aviation in Alaska is often sadly tragic!

[No_1]

A sad loss.

[Shawlerbrook]

RIP and prayers to the Tweto and Reynolds families.