Bad news day in Sacramento

Boy, nothing like a nice day in Feburary to put GA in the news. I was
watching channel 10 in Sacramento last night. They opened with 3 GA
accidents...

1) Lancair doing aerobatics crashes into neighbors home in Roseville.
One person still missing.
http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=15909
2) Swift flips over at Rancho Murieta airport sending the pilot to the
hospital.
http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=15902
3) Cherokee in San Jose has engine trouble (or something like that).

What way to get attention for GA.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Boy, nothing like a nice day in Feburary to put GA in the news. I was
watching channel 10 in Sacramento last night. They opened with 3 GA
accidents...

http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=15902
3) Cherokee in San Jose has engine trouble (or something like that).


I don't think this was in San Jose. San Jose, at Reid-Hillview, had a plane
crash onto Tully road after running out of fuel. A few seconds earlier and
it would have crashed into Eastridge Mall. RHV is one crash away from
closing and this had the potential to be the one. Its also the 2nd RHV
crash in a month where the pilot ran out of fuel. The other landed on 680.

Tom Conner wrote:
RHV is one crash away from
closing and this had the potential to be the one.

One less airport means fewer crashes?

("Tom Conner" wrote)
The other landed on 680.


That's an odd heading for a runway.


Montblack

One less airport means fewer crashes?

No, but RHV has been on borrowed time for some time now. All the
paperwork is already done to close the airport (EI study etc). The
developers are circling and its just a question of when. Its an
interesting airport to fly into. Its about the most city-locked airport
I've seen. On final you can expect updrafts from the A/C units at the
shopping mall.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
One less airport means fewer crashes?

No, but RHV has been on borrowed time for some time now. All the
paperwork is already done to close the airport (EI study etc). The
developers are circling and its just a question of when. Its an
interesting airport to fly into. Its about the most city-locked airport
I've seen. On final you can expect updrafts from the A/C units at the
shopping mall.

Ever been to the DC to Boston corridor? There's a lot of those... G

Not odd for a route number, though, but you knew that already.

I'm trying to remember the most housing crowded airport I flew into as
PIC.

Midway comes to mind. LGA is pretty crowded, so is what used to be
called Washington National.

For general aviation, Lakeway in Austin is in the middle of a housing
development. Some houses near the airport have hangers, not garages.
Gee, the remote control for a garage door is still another radio in the
airplane.

"Tom Conner" wrote in
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
Boy, nothing like a nice day in Feburary to put GA in the news. I was
watching channel 10 in Sacramento last night. They opened with 3 GA
accidents...

http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=15902
3) Cherokee in San Jose has engine trouble (or something like that).


I don't think this was in San Jose. San Jose, at Reid-Hillview, had a
plane crash onto Tully road after running out of fuel. A few seconds
earlier and it would have crashed into Eastridge Mall. RHV is one crash
away from closing and this had the potential to be the one. Its also
the 2nd RHV crash in a month where the pilot ran out of fuel. The other
landed on 680.

So the airport is responsible for stupid pilots forgetting to gas
up their planes and therefore should be shut down? Must be gov't logic.

Brian
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"Tom Conner" wrote in
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
Boy, nothing like a nice day in Feburary to put GA in the news. I was
watching channel 10 in Sacramento last night. They opened with 3 GA
accidents...

http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=15902
3) Cherokee in San Jose has engine trouble (or something like that).


I don't think this was in San Jose. San Jose, at Reid-Hillview, had a
plane crash onto Tully road after running out of fuel. A few seconds
earlier and it would have crashed into Eastridge Mall. RHV is one crash
away from closing and this had the potential to be the one. Its also
the 2nd RHV crash in a month where the pilot ran out of fuel. The other
landed on 680.

So the airport is responsible for stupid pilots forgetting to gas
up their planes and therefore should be shut down? Must be gov't logic.

Brian

No but stupid pilots forgetting to gas up provide the ammunition and two in
a month would make anybody stand up and ask questions. Sometimes a mirror
is needed to find the problem.