On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Rick Womer wrote:
> Not to mention plane strikes. My uncle gave up flying
> and sold his Cessna 172 after witnessing a midair
> collision. He was waiting to take off from a small
> field with only an advisory com, and the plane ahead
> of him squarely hit crossing traffic after takeoff,
> killing two pilots he knew well.
>
> Rick
>
Tragic, but not as much of a problem as it might seem. The "rules
of the road" (i.e. traffic pattern entry/exit procedures, radio calls,
position reporting) is a mandatory part of training. The only real
problem is when people get complacent, lazy, or out-of-practice. If
people are proficient and responsible, untowered fields are completely
safe. Chances very good that one or both of the accident planes were at
fault in this regard.
Flying a small plane is as safe as you make it, because the vast
majority of the time YOU get to kill you... not the other guy as in
automotive traffic.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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