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In a message dated 7/18/2002 08:30:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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At very least, I'd like to see an upper age limit (60?).
Greg How old ? You wouldn't be saying that if your were 60 and in perfect
health. I'll be 60 the end of this month (July 30) The doctor says I have
the blood of a twenty year old. My cholesterol is 182.
I can eat anything I want, I don't take any pills of any kind, I don't
smoke or drink I get high on flying. I can outrun people half my age.
I'm in construction and can hang more metal doors by myself than anyone
else in the company, my record (last Year) was 86 doors in one day and
done before 2PM, thats putting the hinges on the door than hanging the
door to the frame.
60 is a number I'm 60 going on 19 with another 40 to go.
When my grandfather was in his seventies, he began to become spatially
disoriented. He went to drive from his house in Ventura to the bank, a
distance
of a few blocks. He ended up in Oxnard, and took two hours getting home
after a small fender-bender. It was then clear that something was wrong.
This statement is similar to what A&E did last week on the story about
small planes. They showed a bunch of accidents then lumped everone else in
the same group. I know people in their 70's & 80's that are still flying
and or fit as a fiddle.
Some people should quit flying when they are in their 40's while others
may go till they are in their 80's.
People have asked me how come you aren't flying today and I would tell
them because I didn't feel good or I had a sore throat or whatever. Most
people will ground themselves when something is not right. But like
everything else you will alway have someone who won't follow the rules or
push the limits of the envelope.
That's why we have drunk drivers, drive by shootings, etc, etc, etc.
Means of death
approximate deaths
per year
General aviation
collateral deaths 14
Playground accidents 15
Dog bites 20
Mountaineering 30
Skydiving 35
skiing 35
Lightning strikes 85
Insect stings 100
Food allergies 125
Scuba 140
Falling in bathtub 300
Bicycling 750
Recreational boating 800
General aviation 820
Weather hazards 1600
Fires 4000
Drowning 4800
Pedestrian traffic
accidents 5500
Food poisoning 6500
Suffocation 10000
Accidental falls 12000
Aids 16000
Drunk drivers 17000
Homicide 22000
Suicide 31000
Firearms 35000
Automobile
accidents 43000
Heart disease 750000
With all these ways to die, Why
then are they picking on general
aviation as being so dangerous?
James R Scroggins
99714 310 hours and counting
South Florida
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