Crash at MYF today....

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:


Because you're dealing with reflexes and able to act on
impulse. It has been medically proven that said reflexes and impulses
tend to get slower as the body ages.

How much flying have you actually done? Anyone making rapid control
movements on a 182 has other issues, wouldn't you think? Sure and steady
works better for me!

Think about that the next time
you're stuck behind a senior citizen when they are driving 30km less
than speed limit on the road.

When was the last time the senior citizen had a medical review or a
bi-annual driving review?

I'm 40, and I'm sure nobody my age has recently run off a runway... G

My dad ran off a runway at age 44. He claims it was a brake failure. I
suspect he just hadn't made the transition to flying a taildragger as well
as he thought.

But, as far as older pilots are concerned, if Steve Wittman had given up
flying hot-rod homebuilts at the age of 90, he wouldn't have died an
untimely death at 91 due to flutter that led to an inflight structural
failure (his wife died with him).

I would point out though, in his last air race - at age 85 - he placed
third... For his 90'th birthday, he went up and flew some aerobatics to
entertain his guests.

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Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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"B A R R Y" wrote in message
et...
A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:


Because you're dealing with reflexes and able to act on
impulse. It has been medically proven that said reflexes and impulses
tend to get slower as the body ages.

How much flying have you actually done? Anyone making rapid control
movements on a 182 has other issues, wouldn't you think? Sure and steady
works better for me!

Think about that the next time
you're stuck behind a senior citizen when they are driving 30km less
than speed limit on the road.

When was the last time the senior citizen had a medical review or a
bi-annual driving review?

I'm 40, and I'm sure nobody my age has recently run off a runway... G

My dad ran off a runway at age 44. He claims it was a brake failure. I
suspect he just hadn't made the transition to flying a taildragger as well
as he thought.

But, as far as older pilots are concerned, if Steve Wittman had given up
flying hot-rod homebuilts at the age of 90, he wouldn't have died an
untimely death at 91 due to flutter that led to an inflight structural
failure (his wife died with him).

I would point out though, in his last air race - at age 85 - he placed
third... For his 90'th birthday, he went up and flew some aerobatics to
entertain his guests.

If Steve had attached the fabric correctley the plane would not have come
apart. His age had nothing to do with it.


--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.