Safety: Planes vs Bikes

I'd put my kinds in an airplane with a safe pilot long before I'd put
them on the back of a motorcycle with a crazy rider. It all depends on
the person at the controls.

-Robert


Charles Talleyrand wrote:
I fly a small airplane (a Cessna 150) that is well maintained. I fly
over forests in good weather and typically during the day. My biggest
fear is the engine quits over the forest and I have no place to make a
deadstick landing except the tops of large trees.

I drive a moderate motorcycle (a Honda Nighthawk 750) at moderate
speeds through my small town and through the surrounding forests. My
biggest fears are either that I will slide on a patch of dirt on the
road and crash or someone will hit me with their car through
inattention.

I've been asked several times which of these things is more dangerous.
Can anyone provide some statistics on this?

-Thanks
-Charles Talleyrand

On 8/25/2006 12:28 PM Robert M. Gary mumbled something about the following:
I'd put my kinds in an airplane with a safe pilot long before I'd put
them on the back of a motorcycle with a crazy rider. It all depends on
the person at the controls.

-Robert



And I would rather put my kids on the back of a motorcycle with a safe
rider than put them in an airplane with a crazy pilot.

Atticus Finch wrote:
On 8/25/2006 12:28 PM Robert M. Gary mumbled something about the following:
I'd put my kinds in an airplane with a safe pilot long before I'd put
them on the back of a motorcycle with a crazy rider. It all depends on
the person at the controls.

-Robert



And I would rather put my kids on the back of a motorcycle with a safe
rider than put them in an airplane with a crazy pilot.

Amen

"Atticus Finch" wrote in message
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On 8/25/2006 12:28 PM Robert M. Gary mumbled something about the
following:
I'd put my kinds in an airplane with a safe pilot long before I'd put
them on the back of a motorcycle with a crazy rider. It all depends on
the person at the controls.

-Robert



And I would rather put my kids on the back of a motorcycle with a safe
rider than put them in an airplane with a crazy pilot.

But all things (ie controller) being equal I'd put my child in a light
aircraft before I'd put them on a motorcycle.

On 8/28/2006 11:31 AM Gig 601XL Builder mumbled something about the
following:
"Atticus Finch" wrote in message
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On 8/25/2006 12:28 PM Robert M. Gary mumbled something about the
following:
I'd put my kinds in an airplane with a safe pilot long before I'd put
them on the back of a motorcycle with a crazy rider. It all depends on
the person at the controls.

-Robert


And I would rather put my kids on the back of a motorcycle with a safe
rider than put them in an airplane with a crazy pilot.

But all things (ie controller) being equal I'd put my child in a light
aircraft before I'd put them on a motorcycle.



And all things being equal, my kids will ride on a motorcycle. They
already do, have almost all of their lives, and my 2 youngest daughters
want Harley's of their own when they get old enough.