Bad news day in Sacramento

("Skylune" wrote)

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/21/opinion/commentary/22006191113.txt


This jumped out at me:

(From the link)
"National Transportation Safety Board statistics show that 97 percent of
general aviation accidents and 93 percent of commercial aviation accidents
occur within five miles of airports."

I'm calling it 100 sq miles around each airport:
78.5 sq miles for "r" = 5 miles.
113.04 sq miles for "r" = 6 miles (includes 5,000 ft runway)

In San Diego County, alone, there are 16 airports.
100 sq miles x 16 = 1,600 sq miles
1,600 sq miles = 40 miles x 40 miles (in this one county)

NTSB stat (above) will be true, in that much airspace in SD County.


Montblack

The article also claims 55 accidents in the last 5 years caused 23
fatalities.

I wonder how many AUTO fatalities have occurred in the last 5 years.
Sounds like it's time to ban cars--heck, the streets are within a few
feet of houses.

I also laugh a bit at the "noise" issue. People complain about
airplane noise that I can't hear inside my house (however flimsily
built these stucco-over-styrofoam pieces of crap are). But they don't
do anything about the boom-box cars that generate chest-pounding
vibrations inside my house.

Misplaced logic abounds....