" jls" wrote:
Furthermore, homebuilts have an enviable safety record,
!?!
Enviable by whom - Evel Knievel?
Let's have real numbers when discussing these things;
Indeed.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Check this out, Danny:

http://www.seqair.com/FlightTest/Kil...lYourself.html
Some people want to fly faster than that 130 mph Cessna of yours or in a
different or unique airplane, and they don't have the experience in the type
chosen for the purpose. I knew a doctor who killed himself in a Monnett Moni
because he didn't have any time in it; the flight was the aircraft's (and
his) first and last.

Check out the graph here too:

http://www.provide.net/~pratt1/ambuilt/faqhmblt.htm
Experimentals are here to stay. Their safety record, just as the safety
record of GA aircraft, always needs improving, but your comment is
irresponsible.
If you have any numbers other than sneering, please provide them.

Hope this helps.