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September 22nd 05, 12:37 AM
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Steve wrote: snip For some reason flying without an engine on purpose disturbs me. Think of it this way: in a glider, most of the stuff that causes emergencies has been left on the ground. Tim Ward 
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September 22nd 05, 12:57 AM
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On 21 Sep 2005 16:37:03 -0700, wrote in
. com:: Think of it this way: in a glider, most of the stuff that causes emergencies has been left on the ground. One could say the same thing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. :-)
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September 22nd 05, 01:31 AM
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
... Think of it this way: in a glider, most of the stuff that causes emergencies has been left on the ground. One could say the same thing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. :-) True, but in the case of UAV, the "stuff" which you'd be referring to is still "in the loop"...it just has less incentive to avoid causing an emergency.
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September 22nd 05, 01:51 AM
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:31:05 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote in :: "Larry Dighera" wrote in message .. . Think of it this way: in a glider, most of the stuff that causes emergencies has been left on the ground. One could say the same thing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. :-) True, but in the case of UAV, the "stuff" which you'd be referring to is still "in the loop"...it just has less incentive to avoid causing an emergency. In either the case of the glider or the UAV, statistically the flight is more likely to have an emergency, than when the emergency causing "stuff' is aboard.
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#5
September 22nd 05, 03:48 AM
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"LAUGH" Ok OK you guys I get the point about gliders I had never
thought of it that way. On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:51:06 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:31:05 -0700, "Peter Duniho" wrote in :: "Larry Dighera" wrote in message . .. Think of it this way: in a glider, most of the stuff that causes emergencies has been left on the ground. One could say the same thing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. :-) True, but in the case of UAV, the "stuff" which you'd be referring to is still "in the loop"...it just has less incentive to avoid causing an emergency. In either the case of the glider or the UAV, statistically the flight is more likely to have an emergency, than when the emergency causing "stuff' is aboard.
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#6
September 22nd 05, 11:00 AM
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