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Old March 19th 06, 10:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Article: Older pilots crashing in disproportionate numbers

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:48:05 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
wrote:

Driving is more difficult than flying, car are not stable
and there is traffic all the time. But that said, neither


OTOH, it is a lot easier to park a car than to land a plane.

an E and F. I've seen a lot of old people (Q-tips) behind
the wheel and they scare me.


There was a gal in our university town who drove to the supermarket
once a week. When she got herself and her bags settled in the car,
she'd call out to the students: "Young man! Young man!" When someone
with Boy Scout training came over to see what she wanted, she'd have
him reach in from the passenger side and place her right foot on the
gas pedal. Then she'd drive away.

Evidently her left leg was okay.



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