Questions on VFR sectionals and TACs

"Maxwell" wrote...

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Viperdoc writes:

America may not be perfect, but it is one of the few countries in the
world
where an average, middle class individual can own and fly their own
plane.

That's not true.

You're ignoring the realities, and postponing the inevitable.

Sure it's true half whit. Just because it doesn't fit your perception of
reality doesn't mean it's not true.

In fact, I have a hard time understanding your perception of reality.

What he means is that the average person cannot own and fly a 747.

BDS

Erik wrote:

There was that one jackass that flew his cessna (I don't know
what model) into the side of the White House. I'm certain he
was violating restricted airspace.

1. It was a 150.
2. It never got anywhere near the building, it smacked into a tree
(and didn't do much damage to it) on the grounds.
3. He was violating the class B airspace and a prohibited area.

I guess it would be in the neighborhood of 250 pounds or so, which is
enough to make me nervous. It certainly wouldn't be an "Oklahoma
City" bomb, though.

It wouldn't even get as good as loading up a jeep with over 1000 lbs
of stuff and four-wheeling it in close.

"BDS" wrote in message
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"Maxwell" wrote...

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Viperdoc writes:

America may not be perfect, but it is one of the few countries in the
world
where an average, middle class individual can own and fly their own
plane.

That's not true.

You're ignoring the realities, and postponing the inevitable.

Sure it's true half whit. Just because it doesn't fit your perception of
reality doesn't mean it's not true.

In fact, I have a hard time understanding your perception of reality.

What he means is that the average person cannot own and fly a 747.


Oh yeah, that one. Well airplane are like houses, you just have to buy a 150
and keep trading up every 5 years or so.

In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

That America may not be perfect or it is one of the few countries
where an average person can own and fly an airplane?

The latter.

And what is the percentage of countries where an average person can own
and fly an airplane as indicated by your extensive research?

In the Americas there is Canada and the US.

In Africa there is?

In Asia there is?

In Eastern Europe there is?

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Jim Pennino

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In rec.aviation.piloting BDS wrote:
"Maxwell" wrote...

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Viperdoc writes:

America may not be perfect, but it is one of the few countries in the
world
where an average, middle class individual can own and fly their own
plane.

That's not true.

You're ignoring the realities, and postponing the inevitable.

Sure it's true half whit. Just because it doesn't fit your perception of
reality doesn't mean it's not true.

In fact, I have a hard time understanding your perception of reality.

What he means is that the average person cannot own and fly a 747.

Probably, as it would be yet another true statement that is irrelevant
to the discussion.

He seems to be the master of that technique.

--
Jim Pennino

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On Apr 28, 2:25 am, wrote:
In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:

writes:
That America may not be perfect or it is one of the few countries
where an average person can own and fly an airplane?
The latter.

And what is the percentage of countries where an average person can own
and fly an airplane as indicated by your extensive research?

In the Americas there is Canada and the US.

In Africa there is?

In Asia there is?

In Eastern Europe there is?

In Australasia there are private owners thank you for asking :-)

george wrote:
On Apr 28, 2:25 am, wrote:
In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:

writes:
That America may not be perfect or it is one of the few countries
where an average person can own and fly an airplane?
The latter.

And what is the percentage of countries where an average person can
own and fly an airplane as indicated by your extensive research?

In the Americas there is Canada and the US.

In Africa there is?

In Asia there is?

In Eastern Europe there is?

In Australasia there are private owners thank you for asking :-)

Where exactly is that?

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message m...
: Erik wrote:
:
: There was that one jackass that flew his cessna (I don't know
: what model) into the side of the White House. I'm certain he
: was violating restricted airspace.
:
: 1. It was a 150.
: 2. It never got anywhere near the building, it smacked into a tree
: (and didn't do much damage to it) on the grounds.
: 3. He was violating the class B airspace and a prohibited area.
:
: I guess it would be in the neighborhood of 250 pounds or so, which is
: enough to make me nervous. It certainly wouldn't be an "Oklahoma
: City" bomb, though.
:
: It wouldn't even get as good as loading up a jeep with over 1000 lbs
: of stuff and four-wheeling it in close.

I remember the pictures. The plane made it to the White House walls:

Startled uniformed Secret Service officers at the White House saw the descending plane at 1:49 a.m. and ducked for
cover. The plane crashed onto the South Lawn of the White House, skidded, slammed through the hedge and clipped the tree
before it hit a wall on the west side of the mansion.



http://www-tech.mit.edu/V114/N40/crash.40w.html

writes:

And what is the percentage of countries where an average person can own
and fly an airplane as indicated by your extensive research?

I don't know of any countries in which this is possible. Aviation is
generally a rich man's hobby everywhere, where it is possible at all.

An exception might be a country in which aviation is a necessary form of
transportation for individuals due to geography, etc., but I don't know of a
country off-hand that qualifies, although some _regions_ may qualify (parts of
Alaska and Canada come immediately to mind, for example).

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BDS writes:

What he means is that the average person cannot own and fly a 747.

No, I mean that the average person cannot own or fly anything.

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