Illimani to an elevation of 20,098 feet MSL in 1985, to conduct the on-scene wreckage examination of Eastern Air Lines Flight 980, a Boeing 727.

In his spare time, he hosts Hangar Flying Today, a radio program in Denver, Colorado, near where he currently resides.

Feith contributes articles to Business & Commercial Aviation magazine, including “Avoiding The Beast Below,” September 2002.

[9][10][11] Feith had a white dog, named Sky King, taken by a neighbor allegedly demanding a $10,000 ransom for its return.

The articles written about him noted his Cadillac with the license plate CRASH1, fan mail from female admirers, and that he was single, with the caveat that he was married to his work.