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"Stan Gosnell" wrote in message ... "Bart" wrote in : The FAA's online meeting regarding the massive changes to part 91 tours as well as many helicopter related changes. is being held today. First, you people are way late on this. The NPRM is almost at the end of the second, extended comment period. Second, I'm in favor of the changes. Tour operators are killing too many people, and I would never get on one, nor allow my family on one. Part 135 compliance is certainly the least that should be required, and in most cases scheduled 135 compliance should be required. Hovering inside volcanoes, beside waterfalls, and inside the Grand Canyon with no forced landing area is simply idiotic. There is no reason to fly at the altitudes many operators do, because you can't see as much and because a recovery from an engine failure is difficult at best. Plus, using low-time pilots and grossly overworking them is unsafe at any altitude. -- Regards, Stan As much as I loath seeing "more" restrictions being placed on aviation (or any other aspect of our lives), I can see Stan's point. One incident that I personally witnessed, happened in Branson, MO. I was riding through the area with some friends on our motorcycles. We were sitting in heavy traffic at a red light. A tour helicopter (Aerospatiale A-Star or Twin Star) came over our heads at about 200 feet. The aircraft pulled up sharply to (I'm guessing) about a 40 degree nose up attitude, came to a stop, performed a 180 tail turn, and leveled to a hover condition. They then descended vertically to the helipad that was located approximately 500 yards off the main thoroughfare that we were driving on. The entire maneuver was very impressive, especially considering that it happened virtually on top of our heads. I got a big kick out of it but afterwards considered that it was probably one of the most irresponsible acts of flying I've witnessed in a long time. If we, as pilots, aren't going to show any more consideration to safety than that, the government "will" step in, sooner or later. Fly Safe, Steve R. |
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