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What you're all failing to acknowledge is how easy it really is to climb into an aircraft, and fly away virtually unnoticed. My Coupe sat outside at the Provo, Utah airport for over a year without a lock on it. Anyone could have removed the cover, climbed aboard, and flown away, and in some instances, would have been undiscovered for weeks on end. Additionally, had that 172 been full of explosives, it would have indeed been one hell of a bomb. Let's not be so tunnel visioned that we don't see the real implications of this seemingly random act. It is indeed far too easy to steal an aircraft, fly away unnoticed, and do with it as you please. And, once in the air, there is no stopping it, as was shown here, short of shooting it down. The only reason it doesn't happen more often is that most would be thieves don't know how to fly. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Chevalier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Fw: AVflash 8.02a > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > For what it's worth and may intentionally go unnoticed by the frienzied > media, was how little damage a 2000 lb. flying bomb can do. Certainly makes > me live in mortal fear!!! > Dick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Genzling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Coupers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Aircraft Builders > List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 5:31 AM > Subject: [COUPERS] Fw: AVflash 8.02a > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > What a Bias bunch of garbage that CNN did, Like we all said, the run a > short > > poll and state it as fact. Time to flood them with e-mail now folks. > > Jimi > > > > The Top Headlines From AVweb's Expanded, Illustrated > > News Coverage At <http://avweb.com/n/?02a>. > > > > SMALL AIRPLANE CRASHES INTO TAMPA BUILDING... > > With images of September 11 still fresh in everyone's mind, Saturday's > > crash of a Cessna 172 into a Tampa, Fla., skyscraper is not going to > > help the public feel more at ease about general aviation. A 15-year-old > > student pilot took off by himself, without talking to ATC, from the St. > > Petersburg-Clearwater Airport. He did not respond to instructions from > > ATC or a pursuing Coast Guard helicopter before crashing into the 28th > > floor of the 42-story Bank of America building. It appears there was no > > fire on impact. The boy was killed, but nobody in the building or on > > the ground was hurt. > > > > ...APPARENTLY A DELIBERATE ACT... > > The boy had been taking lessons at the airport, and his instructor had > > sent him to the ramp to preflight the airplane when he took off on his > > own. The FBI said they did not believe there was any terrorist motive, > > but late yesterday the Associated Press reported that the boy had left a > > note expressing sympathy for Osama bin Laden and support for the > > September 11 attacks. Various reports have suggested that the boy was > > troubled and may have been suicidal. > > > > ...GENERATING FEARFUL RESPONSE AND GA REACTION > > An online poll at CNN.com yesterday reported that 64 percent of > > respondents agreed that in light of the Tampa incident, there should be > > more restrictions on access to planes. AOPA and the General Aviation > > Manufacturers Association (GAMA) tried to stem fears by noting that > > they already have proposed security measures for GA airports. "GAMA > > fully understands the importance of this event," GAMA President Ed > > Bolen said in a news release yesterday, "and assures the public that > > security and safety are top priorities for our association. ... > > Everyone associated with general aviation [must] be vigilant in > > securing aircraft against unauthorized use." AOPA spokesman Warren > > Morningstar tried to put the event in perspective for the Associated > > Press: "There really was not a security breach," he said. "There was > > an abuse of trust here." > > > > > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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