Your article, “Revisiting JFK, Jr.” (June 2016), included the phrase “…the pilot was current, including at night….” I found that interesting, as his night currency was an issue that I had never seen addressed until your article. I remember reading some accounts that said his logbook had not been found, and others that stated he was on crutches at the time of the flight.
According to one article, he had a cast removed from his broken ankle one day prior to the flight. The ankle was reportedly broken six weeks earlier, which would have had him in a cast for the previous six weeks. If we assume he didn’t try to fly during that time, that leaves roughly six weeks in which he would have had to log his three night takeoffs and landings. That’s certainly doable, but I’ve always wondered whether he actually did.
