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Title: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: Wolfala on June 10, 2008, 12:13:20 PM: http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/ (http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/)

Shaun Lunt, an anesthesiologist from Loma Linda was killed in his super Cub Friday in a stall/spin accident in Quinhagak, Alaska. His friend and instructor, Loni Habersetzer, observed the crash from his own cub while they were circling a whale skeleton.
Dr Lunt was a remarkable bush pilot, and his photos of remote Alaska are phenomenal. You can see them at shaunlunt.typepad.com That is truly tragic. I've enjoyed Shaun's photography, and vicariously traveled with him in Alaska. How unforgiving our sport.

Shaun was my good friend. He lived life with passion. He will be deeply missed. :( There was a poem posted at on the SuperCub forums that fits Shaun well.

IMPRESSIONS OF A PILOT

Flight is freedom in its purest form,
To dance with the clouds which follow a storm;

To roll and glide, to wheel and spin,
To feel the joy that swells within;

To leave the earth with its troubles and fly,
And know the warmth of a clear spring sky;

Then back to earth at the end of a day,
Released from the tensions which melted away.

Should my end come while I am in flight,
Whether brightest day or darkest night;

Spare me your pity and shrug off the pain,
Secure in the knowledge that I'd do it again;

For each of us is created to die,
And within me I know,
I was born to fly.

— unknown

(http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/shootings/images/2007/07/25/img_823440.jpg)
(http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/shootings/images/2007/06/29/img_686331.jpg)
(http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/shootings/images/2007/05/17/img_41571.jpg)
Title: Re: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: ROX on June 10, 2008, 12:34:50 PM: Wow...I am sorry for your loss and thoughts & prayers for his family & friends.

There was a History Channel show not long ago about Alaskan Bush Pilots and what a dangerous occupation it was at any time of year. :salute

ROX
Title: Re: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: wrongwayric on June 10, 2008, 12:44:04 PM: :salute I saw that story, really sad. I can't fault his buddy for leaving as i can't imagine sitting there watching that either. :(
Title: Re: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: JB88 on June 10, 2008, 02:48:05 PM: sad news.

:(

good speed sean.
:salute
Title: Re: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: AquaShrimp on June 10, 2008, 04:18:12 PM: Sad news. Even sadder that I've only learned about him due to his untimely death.
Title: Re: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: SteveBailey on June 10, 2008, 04:29:34 PM: Blue skies, Shaun! <S>
Title: Re: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: Maverick on June 10, 2008, 04:49:48 PM: It took a long time for the web link to come up but it was worth he wait. He has some great shots in there.

RIP Fair siies and tailwinds forever.
Title: Re: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: Slash27 on June 11, 2008, 04:01:26 AM: Really sorry about your friend Wolfala. Those pictures say alot about him.
Title: Re: Sean Lunt is dead
Post by: deSelys on June 11, 2008, 04:26:40 AM: I'm sorry about the loss of your friend, Wolfala. By looking at the pics he took and captions he wrote, I have the impression that the poem indeed fits him perefectly. He died doing what he loved in the place he loved...