"An Airplane In Every Garage"

"AJ" wrote in message
oups.com...
I missed this article when it first appeared.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Flyin...=949148&page=1

Is it possible for the Light Sport category to revive that old slogan
of "An Airplane In Every Garage" in order to bolster the number of GA
pilots?

AJ



Most people don't have the common sense or cognitive ability to fly a plane.
Hell most people shouldn't be given drivers licenses.

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DW

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:57:20 -0500, "Darkwing"
theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in
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Most people don't have the common sense or cognitive ability to fly a plane.
Hell most people shouldn't be given drivers licenses.

Given the fact that half of the population has a 2-digit IQ, I have to
agree.

On 16 Nov 2005 20:59:44 -0800, "AJ" wrote in
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I missed this article when it first appeared.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Flyin...=949148&page=1


John J. Nance says:

Perhaps the greatest disappointment with the predictions of
yesterday, however, was the fact that the "everyman" aviation
system it envisioned was at least 75 years ahead of its time
because the automated technology required to keep a sky full of
citizen flyers from crashing into each other is still at least a
quarter-century away. In other words, the vision of millions of us
jumping into our airplanes and flying off with the ease and
freedom of driving somewhere was never valid, and for those who
plan and protect the nation's airspace, it's more of a nightmare
than a dream.


Hasn't he heard of Small Aircraft Transportation System technology?


http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstud..._for_Taxi.html


http://sats.larc.nasa.gov/main.html
The SATS Vision

The small aircraft transportation vision is a safe travel
alternative freeing people and products from transportation system
delays, by creating access to more communities in less time.

This technology is in operation today.

If an aviation journalist is unaware of the plan to revitalize
municipal airport usage, it's no wonder that city planners are blindly
closing the airports that SATS depends upon for success.

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:16:25 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

The small aircraft transportation vision is a safe travel
alternative freeing people and products from transportation system
delays, by creating access to more communities in less time.

This technology is in operation today.

If an aviation journalist is unaware of the plan to revitalize
municipal airport usage, it's no wonder that city planners are blindly
closing the airports that SATS depends upon for success.


"When Will SATS Become Operational?
The Proof of Concept research and technology development phase lasts
for five years, or until 2005. Pieces of the SATS technology and
several SATS aircraft already exist. Once the 5-year proof of concept
SATS Project is complete, it is anticipated that SATS will continue
development through the next decade. During that time, it is hoped
that federal regulations, airspace procedures, and industry products
will be developed to accommodate SATS traffic. The system full
deployment phase at federal, state and local levels could occur as
early as 2015. SATS could be mature and fully operational by 2020."


Unfortunately, I don't think it is currently active. It just finished
the proof of concept stage which was successful. I think they are
looking for funding for staged implementation.


Jim

http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org

AJ wrote:

Is it possible for the Light Sport category to revive that old slogan
of "An Airplane In Every Garage" in order to bolster the number of GA
pilots?

Revive the slogan? Sure. Make the slogan come true? Not a chance.

George Patterson
If a tank is out of ammunition, what you have is a sixty ton portable
radio.

AJ wrote:

I missed this article when it first appeared.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Flyin...=949148&page=1

Is it possible for the Light Sport category to revive that old slogan
of "An Airplane In Every Garage" in order to bolster the number of GA
pilots?



Think about all the idiots sharing the roads, would you really want all
these morons flying airplanes? I agree that we want to significantly
increase the number of private pilots, but "An Airplane In Every Garage"
would be a disaster. I look at it like people trying to come up with a
computer programming language that anyone can use to write programs,
it's just not going to happen. There are required skills that many
people just can't grasp.


--
Chris W
KE5GIX

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