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One Lucky Dude in Milwaukee
A Cherokee 180 landing in a thunderstorm, ends up entangled in power
lines -- and the pilot survives! http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/13/pla...led/index.html -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Another woman said it appeared that the pilot was trying to maneuver
the plane to miss hitting homes." Does AOPA hand this out in scripts for eyewitnesses to read to the press? |
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Dan Luke wrote:
"Another woman said it appeared that the pilot was trying to maneuver the plane to miss hitting homes." Does AOPA hand this out in scripts for eyewitnesses to read to the press? I don't think they have to. If you were coming down, wouldn't you try to avoid something like a house? I was taught to hit the softest, cheapest thing I could find if a crash is inevitable. George Patterson Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him. |
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Dan Luke wrote:
"Another woman said it appeared that the pilot was trying to maneuver the plane to miss hitting homes." Does AOPA hand this out in scripts for eyewitnesses to read to the press? Of ocurse he's trying to avoid hitting homes. He doesn't want to hit *anything*. I remember reading in the paper about my own plane crash where somebody on the ground commented on the superior job I'd done avoiding houses where kids were playing out front. To tell you the truth, I don't remember them even being there. All my attention was drawn to the field I was trying for. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN VE |
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"G Farris" wrote in message ... In article , ve says... Dan Luke wrote: "Another woman said it appeared that the pilot was trying to maneuver the plane to miss hitting homes." Does AOPA hand this out in scripts for eyewitnesses to read to the press? Of ocurse he's trying to avoid hitting homes. He doesn't want to hit *anything*. I remember reading in the paper about my own plane crash where somebody on the ground commented on the superior job I'd done avoiding houses where kids were playing out front. To tell you the truth, I don't remember them even being there. LOL - That's what I always assume when I read those things. Hell, with all the gratuitous bad press we get, we might as well get some partially-warranted praise now and again! I would guess that the pilot it trying to miss the biggest/hardest thing in his path. Everything else gets filtered out. |
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In article
outaviation.com, says... Not all of the press was positive! http://www.620wtmj.com/_content/news/story_801.asp Well, it's not all that bad. Puts the FAA in a rather bad light for not doing their job, but otherwise : Had he been driving a car, instead of flying a light plane, the danger he presents to others would have been much greater. It's a fact : light aviation accidents very rarely cause any injuries or deaths to people on the ground. The only significant danger is to those directly involved, who are supposed to be aware and consenting. Second fact : as a pilot, in the execsise of aviation activities, your chances of being killed by another, negligent operator are close to nil. It "can" happen, and has happened of course, but it is safe to say you are master of your own destiny, and if you do right, avitaion will do right by you. In car accidents it always seems it's the drunken kids who just held up a drugstore who walk away from the accident, while the schoolteacher and family of five perish. In aviation, you get out of it what you put into it - that should satisfy those "Live Free or Die" zealots. Third fact (artifact) - Aviaiton is a great ambassador for sobriety! All of the pilots I know are careful about the amount they drink, and many do not drink at all, BECAUSE of their aviation activity. Flying is a lot more fun than drinking anyway. Medical qualifications in a more general sense follow the same rule (look at Jay and his diet). Fact : The attitude of being a pilot is good for your health, and reduces dangers to others and to society. GF |
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by G Farris IFR@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Nov 15, 2005 at 01:19 AM
In article 9df32ce06cd276804d2ad5ee13daf3ce@[EMAIL PROTECTED] , live-ski-or-die@[EMAIL PROTECTED] says... Not all of the press was positive! http://www.620wtmj.com/_content/news/story_801.asp Well, it's not all that bad. Puts the FAA in a rather bad light for not doing their job, but otherwise : Had he been driving a car, instead of flying a light plane, the danger he presents to others would have been much greater. It's a fact : light aviation accidents very rarely cause any injuries or deaths to people on the ground. The only significant danger is to those directly involved, who are supposed to be aware and consenting. Second fact : as a pilot, in the execsise of aviation activities, your chances of being killed by another, negligent operator are close to nil. It "can" happen, and has happened of course, but it is safe to say you are master of your own destiny, and if you do right, avitaion will do right by you. In car accidents it always seems it's the drunken kids who just held up a drugstore who walk away from the accident, while the schoolteacher and family of five perish. In aviation, you get out of it what you put into it - that should satisfy those "Live Free or Die" zealots. Third fact (artifact) - Aviaiton is a great ambassador for sobriety! All of the pilots I know are careful about the amount they drink, and many do not drink at all, BECAUSE of their aviation activity. Flying is a lot more fun than drinking anyway. Medical qualifications in a more general sense follow the same rule (look at Jay and his diet). Fact : The attitude of being a pilot is good for your health, and reduces dangers to others and to society. GF I happen to agree with (just about) everything you said. Just pointing out that the press coverage was not overwhelmingly positive, as the headline indicated. About the second point though, concern about mid-airs is definitely high on many pilots worry lists: See and avoid MEANs that others actions can definitely have an "impact" on your own safety in the air. Read the just-released transcript of the tower's communications with the ill-fated 150 that had a mid-air in Washington. |
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About the second point though, concern about mid-airs is definitely high on many pilots worry lists: See and avoid MEANs that others actions can definitely have an "impact" on your own safety in the air. Read the just-released transcript of the tower's communications with the ill-fated 150 that had a mid-air in Washington. Of course it can happen, and does. And ground casualties can and do happen. The number of people though who can say their lives or the lives of their loved ones have been affected by an accident to an airplane in which they were not travelling is extremely small. Of course it requires vigilance by all pilots to avoid air-to-air collisions, and of course it requires sensible operating practice to avoid endangering residents on the ground, but pilots tend largely to be both vigilant and sensible. Most of us take some satisfaction in knowing that we are unlikely to be gratuitously killed by a negligent pilot other than ourselves! This is not true on the road, where thousands are killed every year despite their being cautious, sensible drivers. G Faris |
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