High or low wing?

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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I prefer high wing aircraft because I like to be able to see and take
photos of
objects on the ground.

I've always got the option of going inverted and taking photographs straight
"up"...

Paul

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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I have no idea why so many airliners have low wings. They seem to me to be
a
distinct disadvantage.

You get a better view of the sky. Try flying in a BAe 146.
You can spend the whole flight just looking at a Lycoming
turbofan.

Paul

"David Megginson" wrote in message
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High-wing planes can have a "both" position on the fuel selector, which
simplifies fuel management. Low-wing planes need to use pumps rather than
gravity, so they cannot have a "both" postition

Why not? Mine has one.

Paul
Scottish Aviation Bulldog G-DOGG

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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David Megginson wrote:

The spar is typically below the floor -- I don't have a hump on the
floor of
my Cherokee, and I don't remember ever seeing one in an airliner.

I've seen them on some of the twins used for shuttles.

In Brooklands Museum where I work part time as a volunteer,
we have a cartoon in the Viscount from a bygone era where it
shows the best place for men to sit was where the air hostess
with her knee length skirt had to step up over the spar box,
showing the tops of her stockings...

Paul

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

You sure about that? I thought the march of managed care had caused
nearly all the private practices to go out of business.

Not from what I've read; in fact, I heard recently of a move on the part of some
physicians to refuse to accept insurance. The claim is that insurance companies pay
out an average of 60% of the actual fees submitted, and the paperwork is complex
enough to required at least one extra bookkeeper-type person per physician. A GP who
accepts no insurance claims can charge half what the competition charges and make out
like a bandit. I think that was on NPR.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

Dave S wrote:

How does THAT figure into the grand scheme?

Fit? Why does it need to fit?

Love that plane!

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

You sure about that? I thought the march of managed care had caused
nearly all the private practices to go out of business.

Not from what I've read; in fact, I heard recently of a move on the part
of some
physicians to refuse to accept insurance. The claim is that insurance
companies pay
out an average of 60% of the actual fees submitted, and the paperwork is
complex
enough to required at least one extra bookkeeper-type person per
physician. A GP who
accepts no insurance claims can charge half what the competition charges
and make out
like a bandit. I think that was on NPR.

That sounds more like Medicare/Medicaid than PPO insurance situations.

Tom Sixkiller wrote:

That sounds more like Medicare/Medicaid than PPO insurance situations.

Well, the doctors interviewed spoke about these problems with insurance. They accept
only cash or check. A spokesperson for an insurance organization also presented a
rebuttal, which basically was that they don't feel that enough doctors will start
doing this to become a threat to them.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:

That sounds more like Medicare/Medicaid than PPO insurance situations.

Well, the doctors interviewed spoke about these problems with insurance.
They accept
only cash or check. A spokesperson for an insurance organization also
presented a
rebuttal, which basically was that they don't feel that enough doctors
will start
doing this to become a threat to them.

A "threat" how?

I do know that many (most??) doctors now refuse to accept Medicare/Medicaid
patients. I know our family doctors won't.

I do know that many (most??) doctors now refuse to accept Medicare/Medicaid
patients. I know our family doctors won't.

Whoa! There are certainly some doctors who refuse to accept any
insurance (a small handful, since most patients won't see a doctor who
doesn't accept their insurance) and probably more that don't accept
medicare or especially medicaid but it is far from most and probably
far from many. Those that don't get some peer pressure since the
burden then falls on their colleagues in the community.
The reason most physicians end up not accepting insurance isn't
because they are nasty...it's because what insurance pays them
frequently won't cover their own costs. What other business would be
expected to operate at a loss? And like it or not, to the
practitioners, medicine is a business.
Most physicians don't start earning income until they are 30 and
usually with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. Blah, blah,
blah.
Some states require participation with medicare/medicaid as a
condition of licensure.
There is so much wrong with our health care system in the US that I
have changed my long standing opposition to nationalized health
care...I now believe it is the only way every person in the US can get
health care. Just don't expect it to be the same level of on demand,
every test and drug, every complaint addressed care that it has been
for those with private insurance.
OK, I'm a newbie here, flame away!
CPW