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Well said. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hartmut Beil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:47 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Flying Smart? > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Glen. > I understand your concerns and I am totally with you. > But I ask why, if someone breaks the rule, are all that are not breaking the > rule have to be punished? > This makes no sense and is totally unfair. That is the same if some one > steals something somewhere we all have to be put in chains. Not right I > think. And not helpful either. > > One example from the weird world in Europe, Germany. > > Last summer one Ultralight pilot lost his mind in an argument with his wife > and killed her. > The wife was missed by many folks and the police started searching and > questioning the Ultralight pilot. He realized that it is just a matter of > time until they get him. > > He decided to leave this world with a bang. He flew his son for the last > time around an airport close to Berlin, Germany, landed, sent him home and > took off again toward Berlin downtown. That is due to all the airports here > in controlled airspace. > > He flew in there without talking to the controllers and made it right to the > heart of the German government, the German Reichstag. He crash landed his > plane in front of the Reichstag - no one was hurt. He was dead. > > Of course the politicians got scared. They could not understand how a > airplane like that was undetected by radar and could go so far. They already > saw the Reichstag collapse. > > Result: A No fly zone has been established over Berlins Center. We all who > fly by the rules are not allowed to fly there anymore. But the next guy who > does not give a shit of the rules can of course fly there. No one will stop > him. And if he kills himself, no one can even sentence him to anything. The > ruling is hurting the GA business around Berlin. Sightseeing is out of a > question. The decision of some scared cluesless politiciansis hurting the > economy but does not add anymore security to the area. > > Get my drift? > > The punishment of the law obeying folks does not stop the criminals. Or the > non-obeying folks. > > If I would be part of the FAA and find out that a lot of people are being > caught flying in 415-D s , claiming it to be a sport pilot plane, then I > have to look at the rules again and see how I can implement these folks > without having them or someone else hurt. Simple as that. I would just have > Univair come up with a new addition to the TC that would give all Ercoupes a > chance to be included with new weight limits and stall speeds. Simple > > Adding more and more restrictions to the society will end up in the society > overthrowing the restrictions. Or if the group is just big enough, everyone > is just ignoring it. > > Or are you driving 65 on the freeway ? > > Hartmut > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "johnny thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "tech" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:54 PM > Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Flying Smart? > > > Last night, I read the latest issue of the NTSB reports. One report was > about a guy who was not authorized, "borrowing" a Citation jet and going for > a joy ride with 5 friends. He landed safely. No one was hurt and the > airplane was not damaged. Because this guy broke the rules, there are two > senators proposing the following: > > 1. Every airport in the country be fenced in (using tax dollars). > > 2. Every pilot file a flight plan for every flight. > > 3. Further restricted/prohibited areas around major cities (as we have now > in DC). > > AOPA and a team of others are fighting these proposals but the point is > this...this pilot broke the rules and because of that, I may lose some of my > freedoms and privileges. Those people against general aviation pick up on > these rather "minor" infractions and exploit them, doing irrevocable harm to > the rest of the aviation community. Please don't break the rules, as > ridiculous as they may be, by flying anything but a C or CD Ercoupe in the > Sport category...it really could ruin it for the rest of us. > > While I am on this diatribe... > > I keep my Grumman Tiger at HPN, White Plains, NY. It is tied down in an > area about 1/4 mile from the FBO building. The entire airport is fenced-in > and locked. There is a door in the security fence very close to my > airplane. I was given a key to this door by the FBO along with a dozen or > so others who have airplanes in this tie-down area. We were warned by the > FBO to make sure this door is locked after we enter through it. It has a > heavy spring to automatically close it. To force it to stay open, one would > have to place a rock under it to jam it open. On three occasions, someone > did just that, jammed a rock under the door so his friends could come in > through that door and he would not have to wait for them to let them in. > Now that door has been permanently closed by the TSA. All the plane owners > in that tiedown area have to park at the FBO, walk through the building and > walk about 1/4 mile, carrying all our stuff, because some selfish guy broke > the rules and placed a rock under the door. Please don't break the rules, > as ridiculous as they may be, by flying anything but a C or CD Ercoupe in > the Sport category...it really could ruin it for the rest of us. > > Glen Davis CFII > Grumman Tiger N70GD > 1946 Ercoupe N3103H > |-----| > _________(*)_________ > o o o > ----- Original Message ----- > From: johnny thompson > To: tech > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:19 AM > Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Flying Smart? > > > ============================================================================ == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > Flying without medical, current airworthiness,unauthorized modifications, > etc might not advisable. > > Saturday in ****** we were at an EAA breakfast and a poker run with other > airparks. A pilot and passenger flew in from ******* in a beautiful > aircraft with a turbo-prop, made a fantastic low level pass down the runway, > fast, very fast and then some. The aircraft was designed like a small P51. > After breakfast he lined up for take off. The pilot seemed to apply full > power for maybe a max performance takeoff (show time). Seconds after > starting his roll the aircraft started weaving (tri- gear) and heading > slightly off to the left. I don't know why he did not cut power then but > continued at what seemed full power and got the left main off pavement, > right main was off the ground. The aircraft continued like this for about > 300' , hit the ground with left tire and left wing very low,then started to > climb, went into a steep climb with left roll and turn till inverted at > about 200' AGL then dove back to earth killing himself and his friend. The > aircraft missed all the houses, people and my wife's Aircoupe. I don't know > why he didn't pull power off when he was still on the ground, I can only > guess. > > I hope these facts did not keep the pilot from aborting and having to > report a possible minor ground accident > > The aircraft appears to only have 20 hours since new, a passenger in an > experimental without the 40 hours flown off. > The aircraft did not have any approval to fly or an airworthiness > certificate of any kind, no record of any FAA Inspection approval at all. > > If this is true and so far it is there will probably be no insurance (if > he had found someone to insure it) to pay for his friends funeral or help > take care of the family People that own the crash site must pay for > cleanup (fuel spill) but most likely everyone will sue the wife (estate). > Really sucks when one gets caught breaking the rules this way. > I get fed up with rules and often did break a few rules and still want to > do my own thing but then I ask myself, what will happen to my family and > friends if I screw up and they have to deal with my mess? For me that's > the bottom line > Flying 40 years and still having fun. > Johnny > > > > Johnny Thompson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ============================================================================ == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1303 (20051124) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
