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Old August 3rd 06, 07:07 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.military
588
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Jose wrote:

...there is a speed limit in the 172's normal territory: 250
knots, or the slowest safe speed in your aircraft, whichever is higher.
If military pilots have a sterile area where they can play, these
limits need not apply....


...don't call a residential street a highway
for your convenience, and then blame the kid
playing ball in the street
when you smash him at 90 mph.


Keep the kid off the racetrack and everybody's happy. Responsible
adults do that.


The fact that by choosing to fly a 172 the pilot severely limits his
ability to visually clear the airspace is fodder for another thread.


Airliners aren't known for great visibility either.


And yet they have so few MAC's. Why is that?



Jack
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Old August 3rd 06, 10:13 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.military
Bob Noel
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In article ,
588 wrote:

...don't call a residential street a highway
for your convenience, and then blame the kid
playing ball in the street
when you smash him at 90 mph.


Keep the kid off the racetrack and everybody's happy. Responsible
adults do that.


Responsible adults know where they are

Responsible adults don't turn a sidestreet into a racetrack.




The fact that by choosing to fly a 172 the pilot severely limits his
ability to visually clear the airspace is fodder for another thread.


Airliners aren't known for great visibility either.


And yet they have so few MAC's. Why is that?


ATC Radar

TCAS

Big ugly airplanes are easy to spot

Not a lot of fighter aircraft flying around lost at the altitudes where
airliners spend most of their flight time.

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Old August 4th 06, 05:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.military
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Bob Noel wrote:

Airliners aren't known for great visibility either.


And yet they have so few MAC's. Why is that?


ATC Radar

TCAS


There must be a lesson there, somewhere.


Big ugly airplanes are easy to spot.


The F-4 and the A-6 and the P-3 should have a clean MAC record then.


Jack

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Old August 3rd 06, 03:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.military
Jose[_1_]
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Keep the kid off the racetrack and everybody's happy. Responsible adults do that.

Race cars are not raced =to= the racetrack on side streets. You also
have to keep the race car off the sidestreets to make everybody happy.

Airliners aren't known for great visibility either.


And yet they have so few MAC's. Why is that?


Magic. Actually, I think the military also has few MACs (though I
haven't looked at the stats), and the airlines =have= had a few MACs of
note.

Jose
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