"Scott" wrote in message
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T. "Tim" Timothy Haag aka HyoogeUmp56 wrote:
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1199-full.html#198676

Screw him (Randy Walker). Experimentals are issued airworthiness
certificates from the FAA just as are certified aircraft. If they
restrict experimentals from using the "public use" airports, they can (and
should) forfeit Ferderal funding. Has a certified airplane ever crashed
and killed an innocent on the ground? Nuff said.

Scott
(I fly both certified and experimental and have never so much as scratched
either type)

The guy is either a politician or he works for one. When the public hears
"experimental" or "home-built", they hear "death trap" because the public at
large has an irrational fear of aviation to begin with. Also you have the
fact that the public at large perceives no impact to themselves by banning
such operations. Relatively small changes could be made to driving laws and
100 times more lives would be saved, but that would impact the public at
large so that ain't gonna happen. Nobody wants to give up their "right" to
drive with a cell phone, ignore speed limits, run stop lights, etc. even
though such activity puts other people at risk.