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**Bill Smith**

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:33:34 +0000 (UTC),
(RadicalModerate) wrote:

In misc.survivalism wrote:

He hit an apartment building for the rich - where apartments start
at over $1 million. Maybe because of that, longtime antigun nut Rep.
Carolyn Maloney demanded that flights over densely-populated areas be
banned.

Maloney being a Gun Grabber doesn't invalidate the debate about
general aviation usage over big cities.
I think it would be common sense to disallow inexperienced pilots or
even amateur pilots to overfly major cities.

Perhaps a special license endorsement for "Class B" (big city) airspace
which would require an instrument rating and minimum cume time-in-type
plus minimum time-per-month ( to assure proficiency ) is in order.

He had an instructor pilot with him and we don't yet know the actual
cause of the crash. Maloney seeks to create a bandwagon and be the
first to jump on it. Yet another politician wanting to be seen "doing
something".

Bill Smith

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