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'Hi all,

Just found this on the AOPA Online web site:


Should GA aircraft be allowed to fly over cities?


Respond to CNN poll

Of course they should. It's a silly question if you're a pilot. We
know that we're trained from the beginning to always be on the
lookout for where we can safely put the aircraft down in an emergency.

We know that engine failure is extraordinarily rare, structural
failure even rarer. That's why you hardly ever hear of an aircraft
hitting a building, despite the thousands of flights every day over
cities. In the last five years, there have been only two accidents
in the continental United States where an aircraft has killed
someone in a building.

Nevertheless, CNN thinks it's a question worth asking the general
public. So go tell them what *you know.* The poll is on CNN's home
page (http://www.cnn.com/) on the right side,
near the bottom.

I voted in the affirmative, but noted that GA was losing 62% to 38%.
You know what to do...


--
Dan Casali
MacWizard
Box 1286 Ketchum, ID 83340
208.726.5120


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'And most of that 62% believes that everything they read in the newspapers and watch on tv is true.



----- Original Message ----
From: Dan Casali
To: Fairchild List
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:37:34 PM
Subject: [fairchildclub] GA over cities

Hi all,

Just found this on the AOPA Online web site:

Should GA aircraft be allowed to fly over cities?

Respond to CNN poll

Of course they should. It's a silly question if you're a pilot. We
know that we're trained from the beginning to always be on the
lookout for where we can safely put the aircraft down in an emergency.

We know that engine failure is extraordinarily rare, structural
failure even rarer. That's why you hardly ever hear of an aircraft
hitting a building, despite the thousands of flights every day over
cities. In the last five years, there have been only two accidents
in the continental United States where an aircraft has killed
someone in a building.

Nevertheless, CNN thinks it's a question worth asking the general
public. So go tell them what *you know.* The poll is on CNN's home
page (http://www.cnn com/) on the right side,
near the bottom.

I voted in the affirmative, but noted that GA was losing 62% to 38%.
You know what to do...

--
Dan Casali
MacWizard
Box 1286 Ketchum, ID 83340
208.726.5120

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