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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Jon's Prop Plane Problem

The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Audacy

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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We get in to our Mens Room Question: What happened because you weren't paying attention?

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0:00.0

This one does not end well. A father of three tragically lost his life after falling 250 feet from a cliff.

0:05.8

While operating a drone on a small island in South Devon, the inquest heard that Giles Bott from Exeter had been walking near the cliff edge when he became distracted by his drone and failed to notice the drop off.

0:20.2

250 feet worth. They concluded the death was an accident.

0:24.9

The court had heard that he had been battling along COVID, which had taken a toll on both

0:28.5

his health and his business, but the illness led to the collapse of his London-based shop, a fitting

0:33.5

business. He also had experienced the emotional strain of a relationship breakdown, the

0:38.0

death of his father, close friend, who was his business partner, so he picked up the hobby of

0:42.5

flying a drone. All right. His mother told the inquest that despite his struggles, he remained

0:47.4

optimistic and had a warm, affectionate nature. He went out, I guess, with a couple friends.

0:55.0

He was getting out of his van, and he was never heard from again.

0:59.1

After one other man he knew, he spotted on the trail.

1:03.1

So his mother reported him missing three days later, and they finally found him.

1:07.2

A full search involving police, coast guard, lifeboat was launched, and his body was

1:11.9

discovered on the rocks beneath the towering 250-foot cliff. The drone was found nearby. Our question,

1:19.3

what went wrong because you weren't paying attention? 206-803 rock. Hello, John. Welcome to the

1:24.3

men's room. Hula. Before I tell you my story, I just wanted to let you guys know I'm calling from Hornell, New York. Oh, right on, man. Oh, I've been there once. And my buddy, the trickler, I guess he said you guys know him. Yeah, yeah. You wanted me to give him a shout out. Real quick, what's your weather situation there in Hornow, New York?

1:46.0

It's about 70. Sunny. All right. Nice day. How's your bill's going to be? Well, I'm from Seattle, so I'm a Seahawks fan. All right. Okay. Fair enough. They still got that one pizza shop with the giant pizza in that town? Yeah, I think it's owned by different people, though.

1:44.3

All right.

1:44.7

I went there once as a kid.

1:45.6

I was blown away, and we got it, and I was like, this is the greatest thing I've ever seen. Yeah. Why were you in Hornow in New York, Ted? It was a wedding. Yep. Say it more. As a family, we had to drive up there, yeah. Is it Pizza King? It is Pizza King. Pizza King. Yeah, Pizza King. But it was in the fall. There's also Giovanni. Yeah, the foliage driving up that area is beautiful. It is gorgeous, that's for sure. Geos is awesome. I love Geos. You take that over Pizza King? Well, I mean, I'll take Pizza King's wings. Ah, okay. All right. Well, you were in the part of the country where the wings are top-knock, man. And Dornash is affordable where you are. Yeah, no kidding. You really can't go wrong. No, you can't. You're in a good spot for food, that is for sure. Yes, sir. So what would, what happened when you weren't paying

2:51.8

attention? So in 2005, I was a spry 19 year old in the United States Navy working on the

2:58.7

flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Uh-oh. And, uh, yeah. And, uh, I remember I was standing there

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