Another home wrecked

by Jim Logajan Jun 14, 2006 at 05:06 PM


I would bet the interior of the asteroid Ceres is made of cream cheese.
If

anyone can go there and find out I am wrong, I will gladly send $25



Well, there do exist many data points about homes destroyed by small
planes. Google it: "Plane crash into homes." Or, if you'd prefer, I'll
attach links to all the hits that popped up -- 4 pages worth, although
many are unrelated to GA or repeats of the same story. ;-)

Saying its an epidemic was intentional hyperbole on my part, and it did
get a reaction. I know the odds are small but, as I have said before,
statistically it is inevitable that a small plane will at some point cause
many deaths on the ground. There have been many close calls recently, and
a small number of deaths have occurred by GA serving (up) America.

Rather than aiming to put more and more pilots (some marginally trained
under the LSA rules) into the air, the AOPA/FAA cabal should instead be
looking to improve the safety of the GA fleet, the training required of
pilots, security at GA airports in vicinity of cities and/or properties
vital to national security (such as reservoirs), reduce noise-, air and
water pollution, etc. Of course, this would cost money, and the AOPA
opposes any and all of this. Instead, they want the tax subsidies to keep
coming in, and the hell with any kind of greater social responsibility. A
truly nefarious organization that acts against the country's best
interests.


Now, are there ANY stories about this asteroid's composition? There are
many stories about GA planes crashing into private property.

"Skylune" wrote:
Well, there do exist many data points about homes destroyed by small
planes.

No one denies that.

Saying its an epidemic was intentional hyperbole on my part, and it
did get a reaction.

So you admit to an irrational attack.

Rather than aiming to put more and more pilots (some marginally
trained under the LSA rules) into the air, the AOPA/FAA cabal should
instead be looking to improve the safety of the GA fleet,

What specifically do you think they should be doing that they aren't doing
now?

the training
required of pilots, security at GA airports in vicinity of cities
and/or properties vital to national security (such as reservoirs),
reduce noise-, air and water pollution, etc.

What specifically do you think they should be doing that they aren't doing
now on these issues?

Of course, this would
cost money, and the AOPA opposes any and all of this. Instead, they
want the tax subsidies to keep coming in, and the hell with any kind
of greater social responsibility. A truly nefarious organization that
acts against the country's best interests.

I see you making lots of demand for restrictions on travel and more
intrusive regulations - so much for your claim to being a libertarian.

I'm all for less government subsidies of GA. If that were your only
complaint you'd probably find more posters here agreeing with you.

I would bet the interior of the asteroid Ceres is made of cream cheese. If
anyone can go there and find out I am wrong, I will gladly send $25.

Be careful - we can probably do that from here.

Jose
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Recently, Skylune posted:

Per mile travelled, I would bet more houses are destroyed by airplanes
than cars.

You're on! Let's see the data that supports this notion.

Neil